Admittedly there are homes that are off - grid and only consume what they produce, but this sort of thing is few and far between for sure and would be hard to get everyone to go back to something like this (
except of course for
reducing consumption and then purchasing a solar array to match
consumption levels).
OhmConnect is a free service that acts somewhat like a virtual power plant,
except that instead of generating energy, it works with the user's devices to
reduce demand at times when electricity
consumption is at a peak, which can help utilities to avoid having to bring a «peaker plant» online to cover the extra demand.