My company does "Demand Response" programs like this where companies are paid to cut electricity usage. We do this all across the US and also in a few other countries. The programs are targeted at manufacturing plants, foundries, other facilities that are non-critical but high users of electric who can get away with being offline during peak load.
How in the EVER LOVING HELL did these critical generation facilities get into this program?!?!? WTF is ERCOT and the Texas PUC doing not regulating the third party that did this. My God heads should roll forever on this.
Patriot, my understanding is similar to your understanding, until I read this.
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