On Monday, 21 October, 2019 00:49, Hick Gunter <h...@scigames.at> wrote:
>The desire to charge consumers more for "peak power" (just like utilities >have to pay more for "peak power" and less for "base load") is the >driving force behind the installation of "smart meters". This is the propaganda behind "smart meters" but it is not the reality. So called "smart meters" are not "smart" enough to charge based on spot market pricing and they never will be, because that would permit consumers to optimize their energy use, and that is not the goal. This is and remains within the remit of only the largest industrial power consumers only -- those who can afford to flick the parasites into the dustbin without consequence. >Currently, consumers pay "flat rate" based on their total annual >consumption, irrespective of their contribution to bas and peak loads. The flat rate is the weighted average of the usage by the load over a period of time. What consumers' pay is based on that weighted average pricing and not based on actual price. "Smart Meters" merely divide the weighted average periods into somewhat smaller time-based weighted averages, but it is still based on the weighted average and not on actual price at the time of use. It is entirely possible with current technology to meter and bill based entirely on spot price, but this is not done because it would make obvious to everyone involved who was lining their pockets with other people's money for doing nothing, and those wearing the pants who's pockets are being lined do not want this. In fact, there are even intermediaries who claim to be able to provide "better" flat rate pricing on contract than time-of-use metering permits. This is clearly impossible or they would be bankrupt. So obviously the whole shenanigans must be considerably more expensive for the consumer than reality in order for the parasites to stay in business. Now back to out regularly scheduled programming ... -- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
