[ale] [OT] Load Control Switch

[Greg Clifton]

Greg,

Actually, GA Poer does have one such setup ~ Milledgeville with Lakes Oconee
& Sinclair where they spin the turbines by day for peak load and refill the
upper lake by night. I suppose they use Buford Dam and Lake Burton(?) for
load balancing somewhat also but neither is refilled other than by nature,
though Burton's output winds up in Lanier eventually but I have no idea of
the flow rate.
GC

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:27 AM, David Hillman <hillmands at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> <snip>
>  My guess is there is some intelligent
> > electronics inside that box that operates like a thermostat, expect the
> > power company can take control of the system from their end.  They
> probably
> > will send a relay signal to all the boxes in one area and the boxes will
> > determine when and how long to turn off the A/C units to prevent damage.
>
> Prevent damage?
>
> AFAIK, they are only designed to reduce power usage at peak power times.
>
> (The 2 or 3 three times a year that power company can't make enough.
> Building plants that only run a couple hours a year is very expensive,
> so the point is to lower those peaks.  But I think a far better
> solution is a stored water system.  At low demand fill-up a lake.  At
> peak drain it through a generator.  Only a couple hours power needs to
> be stored this way.  I don't think Ga has anything like that do we?
> >From what I understand, Great Britain has a 20 hour supply of energy
> from stored water.  They use it to handle fluctuations in wind
> energy.)
>
> I think there are 10's of millions of smart meters deployed across the US.
>
> Greg
>
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