thinking about it I wonder if grid stabilazation batteries at houses could become worth it if they gave full electric prices to individuals with solar and such. I mean it alone might do a lot to cover all the energy they are sucking and it makes a more robust decentralized grid. so maybe data centers should pay for the grid upkeep along with other corps based on usage and let individuals just buy and sell electricity with no strings.
The main problem is that retail electric prices are mostly not about generating cost; the cost of maintaining wiring, transformers, and such dominates in most places. And rooftop solar is more expensive than utility-scale solar, so it would get crowded out.
Because that wouldn’t pay the fossil fuels industry back for the billion dollar bribe they paid
thinking about it I wonder if grid stabilazation batteries at houses could become worth it if they gave full electric prices to individuals with solar and such. I mean it alone might do a lot to cover all the energy they are sucking and it makes a more robust decentralized grid. so maybe data centers should pay for the grid upkeep along with other corps based on usage and let individuals just buy and sell electricity with no strings.
The main problem is that retail electric prices are mostly not about generating cost; the cost of maintaining wiring, transformers, and such dominates in most places. And rooftop solar is more expensive than utility-scale solar, so it would get crowded out.