This is claiming that the grid will be overloaded, but that claim is contradicted by the latest figures that show the grid has use 1% **less** electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following URL claims that the grid will not be able to handle the growing load. This would be true *if* the grid was the only source of power and consumers had *no* solar and battery storage. But consumers*do* have solar and battery storage. They will be able to store and generate their own power and *reduce* the load on the grid. This is why the figures show the grid load was *down* 1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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