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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
This is from EIA  |
What does it look like for other areas of the Country? Huge amounts of grid electricity goes to pumping water in the west.
What is different now is there is a targeted use for that peak to charge electric cars. Let us say that the excess capacity is now used for that purpose. The value of that energy increases and it no longer is "off peak". Increase in demand, increase in rates.