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Originally Posted by fotze2
We already have an entire market that pays big users to curtail usage at peak periods. It works well and it did yesterday. My 9000 HP compressor has been paid close to $100k this past year to be on standby and curtail at peak times. Probably have had 10 directives this year, mostly in the summer.
Google operating reserves or demand response. The biggest place is Enel-X (that I believe cheese worked for) they are based out of Boston. Other companies are Voltus. They contract massive power users and AESO pays them to drop demand at a moments notice.
Its actually a pretty slick idea. These guys make killing in the California power market.
If you are unable to curtail then you get punished and don't get paid as much.
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I was reading alot about this last night as well, that this is in fact what saved the grid last night... not the lights downtown. Not sure I'm ready to believe that people turning off their porch lights wasn't the solution, though.