Baseload vs. Flexibility

'“Having a 24/7 nuclear plant, from a grid operator’s standpoint — that is a real problem,” says David Olsen, a member of the board of governors of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid serving 30 million people in most of California and a small part of Nevada. “Dealing with 2,200 MW coming in at every minute — we have to design our grid around that inflexibility. ‘Baseload’ refers to an old paradigm that has to go away.”'

Baseload vs. Flexibility: Standing the Traditional Generation Model on its Head

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