i just realized our power company has an option to pay less for electricity, but more between 4 and 9 PM, so i programmed my central AC to blast cold air between 12 and 4 and i feel extremely clever
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
Lots of power companies have this and it's (1) designed to exploit customers who can't carefully manage this, and (2) incentivizing behavior that's ultimately wasteful/harmful.
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Replying to @RichFelker
eh????? the purpose is to incentivize reduction of energy usage during peak times, to reduce peak load on the electrical system
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
Well because heat transfer is proportional to temperature difference, you're going to use a lot more total energy getting it cold enough that it stays cool until energy is cheap again.
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Replying to @RichFelker @FioraAeterna
But yeah it sounds like they have a legitimate need to reduce peak load in your case.
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I've just heard stories about people trying to game pricing systems like this, timing their water heaters etc., estimating poorly, and getting hit with big bills.
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