Air Conditioners Can Actually Support the Power Grid. Here’s How

Air Conditioners Can Actually Support the Power Grid. Here’s How

Air conditioners place a heavy burden on the grid when the weather gets hot, but this strategy shows they can actually help—and without compromising your home's temperature.

How your air conditioner can help power grid, rather than overloading it

Ann Arbor (US), Jun 15 (The Conversation) As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the US. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning – do I really need it? And how bad is it to use all this electricity for cooling in a warming world? If I leave my air conditioner off, I get too hot. But if everyone turns on their air conditioner at the same ti…