Power Generation and the "Smart Grid"

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Dakota wrote:
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The utility also is very interested in Time of Use (TOU) metering where electricity prices vary throughout the day with demand/usage.

And when Coke or Pepsi came out, or wanted to, with machines that would change their price based on outside temperature( I am not kidding), the whole country went ballistic. Is this really that different?
If they're willing to buy back electricity at those high daytime rates, it might be profitable for consumers to charge large battery banks at night with the lower rates and sell it back during the day at the higher rate. Perhaps even using the battery in a hybrid or electric car for that purpose when the car will not be driven.