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peaker plant

also referred to as: peaker plants

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 28, 2022 by Jigar Shah · across every show →

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Apr 28, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shah: Battery storage will relegate natural gas peakers strictly to emergencies
“The role of peaker plants is going to be moved increasingly to emergency situations, right? That you've got battery storage and lots of other technologies that are being used inside the Intermountain West. To be able to provide these sort of services. And so p…”
Jigar Shah Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 9:43 Hydrogen, meet salt cavern
Mar 10, 2026 positive
Opinion
EnergyHub CEO: Level 2 thermostat VPPs provide peaker plant value
“Like, the smart thermostat programs are at a strong level two in general. And at level two, like I said before, they are clearly already providing the value that a peaker plant would provide.”
Seth Frader-Thompson Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 28:08 Frontier Forum: How VPPs earn grid-scale trust [partner content]
Mar 10, 2026 neutral
Insight
Frader-Thompson: VPPs need roughly 50 MW to interest utility control rooms
“I think scale is the other thing, right? I mean, I think Stacy talks about there being a threshold like somewhere around 50 megawatts where, you know, you are actually at the scale of a, an individual beaker plant, and that's kind of the that's kind of the hur…”
Seth Frader-Thompson Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 13:44 Frontier Forum: How VPPs earn grid-scale trust [partner content]
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