The dark side is that TOU without the ability to shape consumption, or even know the rates are changing, is just another fixed charge—regressive, and a vehicle for extracting monopoly rents.https://twitter.com/JuliaHamm/status/1195348830188953600 …
We need "rate-aware" control software in devices like heat pumps, water heaters, and car chargers. They should read realtime "whole-house" kWh/kW data from smart meters via home area network access and they should optimize device kWh/kW in the context of whole house demand.
