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Originally Posted by thingstodo
The interconnected grid is complex and a PITA to control.
There is a reason that the power company gives you so little for excess generation onto the grid, besides the fact that they are *EVIL* ... the power generation is only part of the cost. And it is not even the largest cost.
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Not really a PITA to control. The more interconnections, the more resilient it is. Deciding what the most cost effective operations strategy is; what units to run, what to ramp down, etc is all in a days work for power companies.
As far as excess generation; there is no such thing. Electricity is made/consumed at the same time. Units are designed to follow the loads as they ramp up each day.
Canada exports over 100,000 megawatt hours a week to the US. Hydro is cleaner and cheaper so we will buy as much as makes sense to.
See:
https://www.eia.gov/beta/realtime_gr...start=20170324
Another great site to see the grid in action and how solar, wind and geothermal play a role is
California ISO - Todays Outlook
CAISO even has an app you can download to monitor it on your phone. Yes, I'm a power/energy nerd.
My background is in power.
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