[jonathanlydall]

I agree it would be much more efficient on the whole if the grid manages energy storage in bulk.

Unfortunately over here we have a monopoly awarded state owned power producer which has a history of incompetence and corruption.

Maybe at some point our grid can be trusted to be reliable, but in the meantime everyone is either installing their own batteries or having no electricity for hours at a time. Tragic, but what else can you do.