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In Europe some power plants take the heat left over from spinning the turbines and send it out into a neighbourhood hot water system that people and business use to heat their buildings and create hot water. In North America we just see it as a waste and dump it into the air or water. That makes the European systems much more efficient. Unfortunately the North American cities aren't built that way.

Consolidated Edison disagrees with you

https://www.coned.com/en/our-e...

So do other U.S. Cities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

But please keep the virtue signalling going no sense letting facts get in the way.

"This is actually a silly concern. Electricity demand is highest in the middle of the day when the sun is shining. That is also when the spot price for power is highest. It makes no sense at all to store that power to sell it in the middle of the night, when prices are far lower."
  No you are wrong.
https://www.pacificpower.net/y...
Peak is around 4pm to 8 pm and 6am to 10 am. It varies a bit by season.
Peak solar production is centered at solar noon.
In other words the end of peak solar production almost exactly start of peak usage.
Here is Con-Edison and they call it super peak 2-6 pm http://www.coned.com/customerc...

You still have a 60Hz grid? I'm waiting for the 0Hz grid.

There's still some DC power distribution by PG&E in San Francisco for elevators and the like, but Con Edison cut off the last DC supply in New York on Nov 14,2007.

It obviously wasn't cost-effective to do the replacement. You can buy anything in NYC, but remember, much of NYC is heated by steam thrown off as a by-product of other industries. Did your "really fancy" hotel have steam heat?

There are massive steam pipes that warm much of Manhattan.

As I don't live in NYC, I just checked out their website for the first site. The "about us" section describes how they make $13 billion revenue.. And still, the site I'm presented with looks like this: http://j.imagehost.org/view/0334/Untitled_8 in my browser. Checking out the sources it seems this masterpiece is coded in classic ASP.

Now don't get me wrong, but why does a company with such a high profile present the world such a peace of misery? I mean, this is one of the most important interfaces they have to the world, and it's garbage. Should I assume that all their services have this quality, especially those which I don't directly see? Just asking..

Reality check: Microsoft is quite profitable. So is IBM. They make the wheels go around, and that's a solid business. That's what matters, not how much commentary the company gets on Gizmodo and Techcrunch.

There are other big companies like that. Consider Consolidated Edison, the power company for New York City. They've been selling electricity since 1882, and they made $14 billion last year. General Electric is still around, and with about the same product line they had a century ago - power station equipment, appliances, lamps, and turbines. (Along the way, GE entered and left semiconductors and computers.)

Google, on the other hand, is quite vulnerable. They've never had a second profitable product. Google has whole lines of money-losers, from YouTube to GMail. 97% of Google's revenue is still from search ads.

DC?

Thank you Mr Edison. We'll call you if we need you.

Yeah, I mean it's not as if there's any research being done in this, or any manufacturers of power systems building these things.

As if any serious energy company would even consider such a thing!

• All bridges and tunnels are open except the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel.
• Most subways are running, but stations below 14th St. are being skipped.
• Long Island and Metro North rail service is running.
• Manhattan below 14th St. is still closed to the public. Power is out due to damage to two substations near the World Trade Center. Con Edison is bringing in replacement equipment.
• Schools reopen Thursday.