Friday morning coldest yet
Friday morning was the coldest of the season so far, dipping down to –22°. (And yet I didn’t get a peak demand event notification from Hydro‑Quebec.)
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jeather 11:18 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
I was freezing this morning, had no idea it was supposed to be so cold.
Nicholas 16:35 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
It is very odd we haven’t gotten a peak demand event since the two on Monday, which was basically tied for warmest day this week. HQ is buying the max power they can from New York and for some of that period was buying power from New England, which is rare because usually we’re selling them power, for which we built a whole new line that opened just two weeks ago. Since they can only do 30 peak demand events all winter maybe they’re saving them, but if not now then when?
mare 19:24 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
On Monday there is always a higher peak demand because factories are starting up, people don’t sleep in and for some reason many people think they should do laundry.
MarcG 19:30 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
People with ADHD who ran a wash on Sunday and then forgot about it
Ian 19:48 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
I do love Hydro’s notion that people somehow use power on a schedule as opposed to the power spikes being an emergent property of a bunch of other factors.
Kate 20:03 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
Hydro must see predictable spikes as a lot of people get up and get ready for work, and then again as they come home, make dinner and do household chores. It makes sense for Hydro to reward people for limiting their electricity usage or spreading the load out over the day, if they can.
I don’t remember why Monday is laundry day, but Google tells me it was not only a local thing.
Kevin 23:09 on 2026-01-30 Permalink
Lots of people have Sunday-Monday, or Monday-Tuesday, as their weekend.
Daisy 06:49 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
“They that wash on Monday have all the week to dry…”
Nicholas 16:30 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
You can see live power demand, and every day has a spike in the morning and late afternoon/early evening. Temperature is the second biggest factor, with workdays being the third. And because we can predict temperatures very well now, and the other two factors are stable, they can predict power needs a day out incredibly accurately.