RE: Possible quarantine with covid13 Mar 2020 15:42
It totally depends on how the business place infrastructure operates during those two weeks. If they remain operating as per usual then of course there will be strains on the grid during peak periods (4.30-7pm on a weekday). If they turn off, however, then I don't envisage there being a strain on the grid. Grid constraint issues are about peaky loads and mismatching demand and supply, they are not about overall demand being high, unless there's a massive shutdown of a major power plant or an interconnector. Because everyone will be at home there are unlikely to be peaky demands (as far as I'm aware) because the mass of people sitting indoors all day will be quite steady and the grid can predict and accommodate this. I've said all this without looking at any evidence so I may stand corrected! And may regret the above within minutes of my research following this post! Just think it's naive to take that attitude SBuild, when the answer isn't actually obvious.