Item 1, we were taking power off the French the whole day. Don't they do Christmas over there?
Item 2, the pumped sitation, which I take to reflect peaks & surges in demand, was dominated by the turkeys. Turning the ovens on peaked at 0920 with peak power consumption following some hours later at 1315.
Item 3, the evening seemed to be dominated by television programmes, with small peaks about 10 minutes after the end of popular programs. So the first small peak at 1925 (reading 232 or so) was the end of Morecambe & Wise. The next at 2010 for the end of Emmerdale, then 2110 for the end of Coronation Street and 2215 for the end of East Enders. But then things drift to a messy conclusion, with nothing much seeming to match the last peaklet at 2255.
Item 4, the picture at the time of the Queen's speech is confused, with the peak at 1455 (reading 177 or so) matching just before the off rather than 10 minutes after the finish of the monarch. Then what is the tabletop mountain from 1630 from 1715?
I don't think I have enough information. How long, for example, does it take for the rush to the bathroom at the end of East Enders to work through the water pumping stations in the Home Counties and on to the pumped storage turbines in the mountains of Wales?
Reference 1: http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/.
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