Peaker

Well you're probably right that this could reduce the amount of load coming from power plants during brownouts, but the article presents it as something that is going to protect…

by snickerbockers · Oct 1, 2026

It’s not semantic, that implies it’s just a name difference. it’s economic. Base and backup aren’t used in the same way and they have very different economic models. Eg you run…

by dalyons · Oct 1, 2026

Doing it that way they couldn't charge a lease to the homeowners. By leasing the batteries to the homeowners they're offsetting some of the cost through that lease, but also the…

by mixdup · Sep 30, 2026

We're in the program. The powerwalls don't share to the grid when there's an outage. We don't get a direct reduction in our bill for having them. Everyone on GMP gets better rat…

by mauvehaus · Sep 30, 2026

Is that a local question for Vermont, a nation question for the US, or a global question? If the question is global, then yes, there are, although as renewable energy has increa…

by belorn · Sep 30, 2026

I think what he was saying is that with a peaker plant you have an extra source of power. So if you have a low wind/low irradiance period - you can rely on peaker to provid…

by entech · Sep 30, 2026