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b_b  ·  587 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Californians asked to cut power use as extreme heat approaches

I'm aware of variable pricing, but how variable does it need to get to truly discourage usage? If we're already butting up against capacity, that suggests that only a few people need to make a choice to pay a higher price to really fuck shit up. The variable rate will have to be extreme to make a difference when you're talking about millions of EVs all deciding when not to charge simultaneously.