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This grid concept is odd. It makes sense for it to happen. But reading the article something caught my eye: turning off the porch light automatically at midnight. What if your friend is planning to stop by at 2am? You'd have to go to some trouble to program it properly. I think I'd only go for it if I had a simple override all switch that I could hit at will. I don't like the thought of a glitch malfunction at some central office impacting all of my electronics.
This reminds me of something a friend told me about his time in China in 2001. Water was turned on for only 2 hours every day. Specific hours to use electricity: 6-9pm or some such. They had a government-mandated outage for all utilities that lasted a week.
No thanks.
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