@BryceJohanneck Because wires from competing overlapping companies would get too close and spark fires in the early days of urban (NYC) market development, at least that’s what I recall. Also Insull developed the 24/7 business model at a time when monopolies were the norm (oil, steel..)
@clawrence “Capable of being centrally coordinated” via SCADA? AMI? With what latency? Or grid forming algorithms running locally to support frequency and voltage? Are fleets managed by Tesla as a VPP? Curious to know more.