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>. Right now there's barely any incentive for large consumers such as aluminium smelters to shut down or limit consumption during the night

You cannot shut down smelters period. They must be kept running or the entire smelter has to be rebuilt taking months.



This point seems to be overlooked very often.


You cannot shut down smelters completely, but AFAICT you can idle them, substantially reducing their power requirements.




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