Comment by arcticbull

I understand how it works. They need a different mix of generation capacity, grid interconnections and storage. Ideally, they'd have adaptive load like EV chargers that slow or stop charging in response to grid asks. This is just an abject planning failure incentivized by crypto waste, and most importantly what it isn't is a "virtual power plant." If the actual power plants turned off, would the virtual power plant be able to supply electricity?

> Energy producers can't just scale up or down production whenever demand changes.

They can with storage, and with power plants that have variable generation capacity - so not nuclear, but gas peaker plants, etc.