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said by calvoiper  :Over the years, they've tried to add "demand side management" services, but really, how smart is it to have your key new product be a way for customers to use less of your base product? It's very smart when you consider new generation facilities cost billions of dollars in initial investment, plus significant O&M costs over the life of the plant. Factor in the transmission system additions, upgrades, and modifications that must be made to accommodate the new generation and you're looking at a considerable additional sum of money.
If the system can be tweaked to offset additional generation, it can save a lot of money and keeps rates from being raised simply to pay for additional generation that may not be necessary if other means of conservation can be used.
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