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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to guess that they can slow down fossil fuel plants, but not turn them off because they would take too long to start up again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That does make sense, so it needs to consistently be above x percent for the cap to be raised to x percent.