[mjevans]

They should 'ask'.

After background thought for an hour, they should ask. Their load projections and needs should be fed out to the network somehow, and it should be opt in for the customer to help support the projected load shaping IF they desire and can. It should never be forced upon the customers.

The incentives and potential for abuse of the billing provider to provide data that negatively shapes the customer's use into more expensive use is an issue that should be avoided.

[WillPostForFood]

Isn't that pretty much how it works? Projections and needs are shared, when it starts to get tight, requests for conservation go out which are opt-in.

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