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Gotcha, that’s actually the time of peak demand and adding a whole new class of high power consumption during that time is indeed scary. In the UK for example where it’s tea time then as well and a bunch of people put on electric kettles. Utilities do a lot of work during that time load balancing and borrowing from other regions for extra power.


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