Perhaps easier, now it's identified it can be anticipated.

Like TV pickup, where advert breaks in television cause surges in power demand.

The classic example is everyone making a cup of tea at the same time during the World Cup half time break.

Something as common as predictable as every minute should be simple to model in.

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

> The classic example is everyone making a cup of tea at the same time during the World Cup half time break.

Are we talking soccer? I can't even imagine the british drinking tea while watching :)

What's most fascinating about that wiki page is that claim that mass coordinated shut offs of lights etc can cause more co2 to be released.