Re: Electricity usage site

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	aus.electronics
Subject	Re: Electricity usage site
Date	2017-02-11 19:01 +1100
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On 11/02/2017 5:39 PM, Clifford Heath wrote:
> On 11/02/17 16:15, Phil Allison wrote:
>> this site gives continuous graphs for EACH state showing the demand in
>> MW and spot price in MWh for electricity.
>>
>> https://www.aemo.com.au/Electricity/National-Electricity-Market-NEM/Data-dashboard
>>
>> The dotted part on the right is a prediction for the next 24 hours.
>> The variations in spot price are insane !!
>> Imagine paying $14 per kWh yourself.
>
> Imaging how sane the market could potentially become, if the retail
> pricing followed (or partly followed) the spot price - and you could
> get a display that showed what your retail spot price was. It's crazy
> to expect wholesalers to soak up that level of variability. Passing
> it transparently on to the end-user could radically reduce the
> variability in consumption.
>
> I bet a lot more people would go and play under the sprinkler rather
> than turning on the A/C.

It's not as if the retailers are paying that price for all their power, 
even during the peak.

Sylvia.

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Electricity usage site Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 21:15 -0800
  Re: Electricity usage site Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-02-11 17:39 +1100
    Re: Electricity usage site Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2017-02-10 23:16 -0800
    Re: Electricity usage site Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-11 19:01 +1100
    Re: Electricity usage site Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-02-12 02:20 +0000
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  Re: Electricity usage site Tony <nomail@nospam.com> - 2017-02-12 18:09 +0800
    Re: Electricity usage site Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> - 2017-02-12 03:18 -0800
    Re: Electricity usage site Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-17 20:09 +1100

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