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in article C_%M6.206$1R4.7766@typhoon.sonic.net, Joe Falejczyk  wrote:

> As far as his efforts to bankrupt the state by spending EVERYTHING on power,
> STOP!!!  I certainly don't want this state bled dry to buy power at stupid
> rates rather than have some outtages. What's wrong with cutting the grid
> back across 4 ROB's between 1AM and 4AM? Bank the energy saved as credits to
> use during the day.

Sorry, it just doesn't work that way. You cannot bank ultra-cheap power
(that available at three in the morning) to pay for expensive power at 3 PM.
And even if you could, you still need the generation capacity to provide it.
It doesn't make much sense to drop portions of the grid that are hardly
consuming any power (like at four in the morning). All you end up doing is
screw up servers and digital clocks...you don't save any significant amount
of power. 

Think "on-peak capacity".

What we should have been doing all along is to refuse to pay the exorbitant
prices...period. If that would mean dropping load (rolling blackouts), then
that is what it would mean. Once the generators learn that they are not
going to get astronomical prices for on-peak electricity, you can bet the
price will drop like a stone.

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