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Originally Posted by jamesqf
That's not smart meters, that's load shedding. Utilities have been doing it since at least the '80s. Users with non-critical loads like irrigation pumps get lower rates in exchange for allowing the utility to cut off the power if system demand exceeds supply.
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Only problem is all the major water pumpers I know opted not to have their rates lowered in exchange for cutting power to their pumps during peak demand.
Problem is on consecutive 100'F+ degree days is when they need water most, pumps run 24hrs or stuff starts dieing.
Thats why they were so mad when they found their pumps not running.
This use to not be a problem but the government forced all the farmers around here to use electrical power to drive their pumps. They use to use natural gas up through the 1990s.
But you drive and hour or 2 into texas and they still use ICE driven irrigation pumps.
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