Comment Re:Obligatoriness Extraordinaire (Score 1) 237
"This is actually a silly concern. Electricity demand is highest in the middle of the day when the sun is shining. That is also when the spot price for power is highest. It makes no sense at all to store that power to sell it in the middle of the night, when prices are far lower."
No you are wrong.
https://www.pacificpower.net/y...
Peak is around 4pm to 8 pm and 6am to 10 am. It varies a bit by season.
Peak solar production is centered at solar noon.
In other words the end of peak solar production almost exactly start of peak usage.
Here is Con-Edison and they call it super peak 2-6 pm http://www.coned.com/customerc...