[SierraWasp]

This article is BOGUS as far as I'm concerned! The low value night time nuclear power production can also be used to either desalinate sea water, create hydrogen, produce aluminum and a host of other electricity gobling industrial uses. (to say nothing of charging up jillions of electric cars and light trucks)

Hydroelectric is the best peak time source, but this author, who's work on denegrating manGore caused Globull Warming is quite good!!!

[Leo Carpathian]

Big dummy bogus baloney is right.
With all our army of engineers who put man on the moon, we can't figure out what to do with excessive power at night, like charge all the Priuses, pump the water up to reservoir to use during the day, etc.
Just tell people that their electricity costs fraction at night and watch the load getting balanced.
Green idiots feeding us crapola.
Can we get some leader again????

[thackney]

The low value night time nuclear power production

Nuclear plants are almost always base loaded. They run near full power day and night. Plants that are easier to start and stop like Natural Gas Turbine tend to take the swing load from day to night.