"UK homes to be offered payments to cut electricity use all year round
Plan by grid operator will help Britain’s network cope with more wind and solar power
This could mean, for example, running machinery or charging electric cars overnight rather than during typical peak hours in the evenings. Offering payments through the demand flexibility service is one way of encouraging this behaviour."
is it nudging people "a way of encouraging this behavior".
like engineering food shortages were used in communist states, rationing for the common good.
voluntary at first then...
FYI The money for these payments will be collected by massively increasing everyone's electricity bills
https://archive.ph/KYe2g
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