Powering the Grid with David Roberts
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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Keeping the Grid Balanced
In California you can also use some pricing signals pricing mechanisms. To make that happen utilities have to charge rates that change based on circumstances right as opposed to a flat rate that's the same all 24 hours and most places in the country still just charge a flat rate so there's no incentive to do that. The grid operators point of view gooseing demand down a little bit is completely equivalent to gooseing supply up a little bit it's just you can control both sides more than you too.
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