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> In the day time we have a lot of excess electricity available from solar where as at night gas and coal plants are used

This doesn’t seem right - why is power usage on my bill cheaper at night and usually marked as ‘off peak’ usage or similar?

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Both can be true.

We don't have anywhere enough solar capacity for this. And at night it is still off peak for the consumption.

Parent is making a projection in the future, when solar will be plenty available during the day.

Today it is not the case yet.

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0 pointslostlogin5y ago0 comments

> In the day time we have a lot of excess electricity available from solar where as at night gas and coal plants are used

This doesn’t seem right - why is power usage on my bill cheaper at night and usually marked as ‘off peak’ usage or similar?

Both can be true.

We don't have anywhere enough solar capacity for this. And at night it is still off peak for the consumption.

Parent is making a projection in the future, when solar will be plenty available during the day.

Today it is not the case yet.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse