Comment Re:Fine. Legislate for externalities. (Score 2) 488
The companies need to be evolving to be that backup power supply. They need to be shifting generation strategy and bringing online storage so they can displace the gaps so customers don't do it themselves.
That sounds simple in theory. In reality? You're just blowing smoke - because online storage in the capacities required simply doesn't exist. Pumped storage in a few places, maybe, in a decade or two when the utilities finally convince the regulatory bodies to let them sell the bonds... and after four rounds of court challenges for non environmental reasons and three for, not to mention the environmental impact statements themselves.