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Vermont replacing power plants with home batteries

389 points · 304 comments · devonnull

  1. whartung · · focus · HN ↗
    We have this in CA. I have Tesla batteries and they promote wanting me to enroll my batteries into a larger grid so their capacity can be used during higher load events.

    I thought it was a novel idea when I heard about it.

    1. loeg · · focus · HN ↗
      It is actually a pretty great way to address marginal demand spikes without overbuilding generation capacity. With the fringe bonus of local protection from short outages.
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