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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (82766)	9/24/2020 9:03:47 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 85487

If it makes such spectacular sense for them to buy it at a certain time there wouldn't need to be any reason to force them to buy. Its not just an issue of not necessarily needing the electricity when its pushed on them, but also of not being able to rely on it. Some of it can be backed up by peaking power but that tends to be more expensive per kw/h produced then base load sources. Talking more generally (not just CA but world wide) At times utilities have had to keep coal fired power plants online without producing electricity, or dump water over dams without getting any electricity from it, because there is a limit to what the system can handle (and storage is insignificant compared to generation), and they have to use either full priced electricity from customers or other supplies or use their own solar or wind production (either to meet requirements, or because they get big subsidies for the solar and wind and extra taxes on the coal fired production). In such situations there is absolutely no environmental benefit, just extra cost and waste.