Seems like storage will be more viable and will increase as the economics become more favorable.
In terms of getting customers to shift their use, socal Edison’s tou plans are absolutely garbage. Their super off peak rates are barely below the tier 1 flat rates.
It makes zero sense to switch. It costs more unless one makes a huge effort to shift their use from natural times. Making huge disruptions just to break even is unrealistic.
Someone going into tier 2 could theoretically save money but realistically they would be unable to shift their usage patterns enough to make it practically viable, they’re always going to be penalized by the peak rates.
The power companies are going to need to rework their tou rates.
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 17.0 ms ] threadIn terms of getting customers to shift their use, socal Edison’s tou plans are absolutely garbage. Their super off peak rates are barely below the tier 1 flat rates.
It makes zero sense to switch. It costs more unless one makes a huge effort to shift their use from natural times. Making huge disruptions just to break even is unrealistic.
Someone going into tier 2 could theoretically save money but realistically they would be unable to shift their usage patterns enough to make it practically viable, they’re always going to be penalized by the peak rates.
The power companies are going to need to rework their tou rates.
But also this makes the case for decentralized mass energy storage, even for the grid.