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[–] _tezz 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think we're quite a long way off from "too much power on the grid", no? Even in America we regularly over-strain our grids. My power provider has even started discouraging folks from using their power as much, and charging more, because they simply decided not to do this work of increasing the amount generated. Like my bill has never once gone down, this paying people to use power concept is completely unheard of in practice.

That said I'm willing to be wrong. If you can show me evidence we have "too much power" I'd be happy to take that to my elected officials, insist I should get paid to heat up my noodles or whatever.

[–] brianorca 8 points 8 months ago

We don't have too much power overall, but there are moments where solar and renewable production in a region exceeds usage in that region.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Where I live at the moment (UK), people with home batteries are regularly paid for storing excess energy from the grid. I haven’t got a clue about the American energy market, but intermittent energy production is causing huge strain on European grids.

[–] _tezz 1 points 8 months ago

Interesting... Can y'all make room for one more over there? The bill for my 3-bedroom home is around $150 per month T_T