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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Wow, wind is really dropping the ball today. ####in' wind, can't trust it.
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The Smith Government needs to use this argument as to why it's doing the pause, instead of the weak arguments it's using now.
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Originally Posted by fotze2
That would be a good idea. Retail customers don't pay by the hour but big users definitely do.
They actually pay big users to curtail in grid emergencies. We are getting paid right meow (hopefully).
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Demand response is a tool to manage peak periods but ultimately, asking big users like factories or industrial plants to curtail or shutdown is a negative. Eventually they might rather go somewhere else where they can run 24/7 without problems.