Well it is draft legislation from the Swiss Confederation, and it is a series of escalation levels in case the situation gets bad. Not heating plates and cups warmer than 65°C is in step 1 (I prefer my espresso in a cold cup anyway!), while minimizing electric car charging comes much later in level 3. There is also a bunch of stuff about lowering temperatures on washing machines and not using the dryer, minimizing cooling of unused rooms, turning off equipment in shops and offices at night, etc. Most of it is actually pretty logical if probably hard to enforce (although the Swiss are prone to following sensible rules).
In spite of the stupidity of shutting off Mühlenberg AKW a few years ago and building a bunch of wind and solar, one does need to give the Swiss govt props here for actually being honest and preparing the public for when things get tight on the grid. They have also been pumping water up to fill all the reservoirs proactively so we are better prepared than most in CH. The center left party is even talking about making sure the nukes can run longer than planned into the future.
I don’t see the rest of Europe doing as well so far...
One nice feature for PHEV’s during the transition is they can switch what they use. If electricity was short, don’t plug it in. If abundant, make more effort to plug in everywhere...
Irina, for the new measures in Switzerland there's an explanation on the substack of Eugyppius:
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/switzerland-facing-an-unprecedented
I know, I read it. Still funny about the EVs.
The great Mike Tyson put it best. "Everybody got a plan till they get slugged in the face."
Very true.
Well it is draft legislation from the Swiss Confederation, and it is a series of escalation levels in case the situation gets bad. Not heating plates and cups warmer than 65°C is in step 1 (I prefer my espresso in a cold cup anyway!), while minimizing electric car charging comes much later in level 3. There is also a bunch of stuff about lowering temperatures on washing machines and not using the dryer, minimizing cooling of unused rooms, turning off equipment in shops and offices at night, etc. Most of it is actually pretty logical if probably hard to enforce (although the Swiss are prone to following sensible rules).
In spite of the stupidity of shutting off Mühlenberg AKW a few years ago and building a bunch of wind and solar, one does need to give the Swiss govt props here for actually being honest and preparing the public for when things get tight on the grid. They have also been pumping water up to fill all the reservoirs proactively so we are better prepared than most in CH. The center left party is even talking about making sure the nukes can run longer than planned into the future.
I don’t see the rest of Europe doing as well so far...
baby its cold outside - and in europe the new tune will be - baby its cold inside
One nice feature for PHEV’s during the transition is they can switch what they use. If electricity was short, don’t plug it in. If abundant, make more effort to plug in everywhere...
Hybrids sound like an optimal solution, definitely.