[OZAPRS] OT Re: smart meters ?
Peter
kc5ss at bigpond.com
Sat Dec 11 10:21:16 EST 2010
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From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Dave Horsfall
Sent: Saturday, 11 December 2010 9:37 AM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] OT Re: smart meters ?
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, Shaun wrote:
> It is about reducing the peak demand by either price incentives to not
> use electricity during peak times or to defer use into non peak times.
> In this way the network does not need to be engineered to support a
> peak load and can therefore be smaller in capacity to service a more
> steady load. In this respect it is utilising the assets more
> effectively and hence saves network build, which I suppose could be green.
It's a bit like drinking bottled water and not building dams?
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