alt Hacker NewsPerhaps 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.
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.