"Here’s how the electric generation process works: Electric power leaving the generating station is a very high voltage so that it can be transported hundreds of miles to the various substations for distribution to households. This requires a tremendous amount of power input at the generating plant and the turbines are running at maximum efficiency, meaning that once they have reached this momentum it costs less to produce electricity. During the times when homeowners and businesses use a lot of electricity for heaters, lights and air conditioners the generating plants are running at a high capacity. But during the hours at night and on the weekends when demand for electric power decreases the power company actually loses money because it cannot just slow or stop the generators during these times. It is not feasible because powering down the turbines and then getting them back up to speed during the peak hours, even if could be done within eight hours, would be more costly than letting them run..." A good read on basic electric information. #themoreyouknow handycanadian/articles-power-consumption.asp
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:23:17 +0000
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