11-12-2013, 05:57 AM
Wrong. Peak load occurs at 6 am and 7 pm, so the impact to the grid would be fewer kwh sold but just as much kw capacity that HELCO must maintain.
I do not understand this senseless villification of HELCO. They sell a product. Imagine if you had a produce stand at which you sold stuff you had grown, but all your neighbors thought that they should get to sell their stuff at your stand and that furthermore their stuff should sell first, only buying your stuff if they absolutely ran out. You would get no income and would have to maintain the stand, plus keep growing just as much produce for those times when others couldn't supply themselves. That would clearly be ridiculous.
There is plenty about HELCO and more specifically US energy policy to complain about without making stuff up.
I do not understand this senseless villification of HELCO. They sell a product. Imagine if you had a produce stand at which you sold stuff you had grown, but all your neighbors thought that they should get to sell their stuff at your stand and that furthermore their stuff should sell first, only buying your stuff if they absolutely ran out. You would get no income and would have to maintain the stand, plus keep growing just as much produce for those times when others couldn't supply themselves. That would clearly be ridiculous.
There is plenty about HELCO and more specifically US energy policy to complain about without making stuff up.