Utilities Cry “Fowl” Over Duck Chart

Until 2012, daily energy demand looked like a two-humped “camel,”
. . . with peaks mid-morning and early evening.

Utility operated power plants supplied most of the needed energy.
. . . But the substitution of local solar power to meet local energy needs,
. . . affects the demand for mid-day energy from the grid.

The daily demand curve transforms, from a camel (orange line)
. . . to a (forecast) “duck” (bottom green line).

Utilities point to the duck chart,
. . . . as evidence that renewable energy development,
. . . should be stopped on technical grounds.
But it’s in the belly of the beast we find the real utility problem:
. . . energy demand displaced by solar,
. . . represents lost market share for utilities,
. . . as their customers switch to sunshine.

07-21-2014 Source:  Utilities Cry “Fowl” Over Duck Chart