Griddy Is Shutting Down
This fucking sucks. I&#x27;m angry.<p>I have a pretty dark outlook when it comes to global warming, but when you&#x27;re a griddy customer and you&#x27;re watching your meter constantly, it just <i>made sense</i>. For a brief moment in time, a green future based on renewables felt realistic. For a brief moment in time, I felt like we might actually be able to meet carbon emission goals.<p>When it cost a lot to make electricity, I used less. When it cost very little, I used freely. When I was able to get paid to put a load on the grid, I sure as hell did. And whenever I was thinking about this, I was able to realize that <i>everyone</i> who wasn&#x27;t a griddy customer was not remotely aware of what was going on with wind turbines nearby.  Anyone on a flat rate plan set their themostat and forgot about it, because the cost to run their AC was fixed. Whereas when the wind wasn&#x27;t blowing and it was hot out, I was aware that it meant burning more natural gas, and was perfectly fine with having my thermostat a bit higher because it was going to cost me more.<p>Regulation and politics have killed innovation, once again. Fuck that.