For many, many decades, demand for electricity followed a fairly predictable daily course, allowing utility grid managers to become experts at predicting and satisfying it. (vox.com)
That's why grid managers revamped capacity markets to obtain guarantees of reliability during emergencies and require steep penalties if generators fail to deliver. (environmentalprogress.org)
In addition, the authors ignore the fact that wind energy has virtually no capacity value to power grid managers. (darrylmueller.com)