Again, I am not saying that facilities should use backup generators to make power if it spot price goes slightly above what it costs to run the generators. Read the original post I was responding to, all of my posts in this discussion are operating under the assumption that electricity is $200/kWh.

Let’s say you’re running a 250 HP compressor to keep your cold storage warehouse cold, that would draw around 200kW. One hour of operating that would be $40,000 if electricity was $200/kWh. It costs much much less than $40,000/hr to operate a 250kW generator, you can buy a 250kW diesel one with an automatic transfer switch for around $100k from Cat or Cummins.

I’m not replying if you respond again, you’re responding to straw men instead of my actual arguments. I sell and run commercial electrical work, including generator installs and replacements, I know everything you’re telling me already.