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Inside Riverlight's winter stress test: how a fictional grid learned to flex

Every source this article draws on, the claims it supports, and the exact passage each claim rests on.

Claim

  1. The fictional Riverlight cooperative shifted 14 percent of evening peak demand during its four-week winter drill.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.93
    Typefact
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight winter drill operations logsupportsdirectThe fictional Riverlight cooperative shifted 14 percent of evening peak demand during its four-week winter drill. The fictional Riverlight cooperative shifted 14 percent of evening peak demand during its four-week winter drill. text 0–97 505a5c181118b60012f9ae402ce6e18060033380300e1e007726f6005e8aee00

  2. Fictional households in the drill cut evening use between 6pm and 9pm on fourteen of twenty-eight evenings.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.9
    Typefact
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight winter drill operations logsupportsdirectFictional households in the drill cut evening use between 6pm and 9pm on fourteen of twenty-eight evenings. Fictional households in the drill cut evening use between 6pm and 9pm on fourteen of twenty-eight evenings. text 0–96 1220aa8553bb51005f6fad007742d9007b94950021a9a1000a47bd006a21a940

  3. The fictional grid operator describes the drill as neighbours moving two loads rather than a smarter grid.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.95
    Typefact
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight winter drill operations logsupportsdirectWe did not build a smarter grid; we asked fictional neighbours to move two loads. We did not build a smarter grid; we asked fictional neighbours to move two loads. text 0–76 53e6f8f2165deb0065973f40022b9e006ab676382f0596003d150e00403b2600

  4. Peak-hour demand in the fictional drill fell from 96 MW to 82 MW in the third week.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.94
    Typefact
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight drill metering datasetsupportsdirectPeak-hour demand in the fictional drill fell from 96 MW to 82 MW in the third week. Peak-hour demand in the fictional drill fell from 96 MW to 82 MW in the third week. text 0–76 15ad475f590085c04079a3001574970072a67b401df02a00680e1240750d7500

  5. The fictional reserve margin stayed above 12 percent on every measured drill evening.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.92
    Typefact
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight drill metering datasetsupportsdirectThe fictional reserve margin stayed above 12 percent on every measured drill evening. The fictional reserve margin stayed above 12 percent on every measured drill evening. text 0–80 577395cc1ba320003834d04057705b005890ef003887f3006feca7006ca54b00

  6. The fictional drill cost about 40,000 fictional credits in incentives.

    Claim
    Statussupported
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.85
    Typeestimate
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositioninclude
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight winter drill operations logsupportsdirectThe fictional drill cost about 40,000 fictional credits in incentives. The fictional drill cost about 40,000 fictional credits in incentives. text 0–63 1939e4395e45ba80218398006d57e800471df8003952c800512f58000df8a800

  7. Independent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window.

    Claim
    Statusdisputed
    Materialitymaterial
    Confidence0.8
    Typeanalysis
    Verification policy iddesk-standard-v1
    Editorial dispositionqualify
    Relation: supports
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Review of the Riverlight drill measurement windowsupportsdirectIndependent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window. Independent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window. text 0–105 5b0032a620e855000ad261003b217d4000ec040065b5e438754b6c0074052c00
    Relation: contradicts
    SourceRelationStrengthVerifiedCited passage
    Riverlight winter drill operations logcontradictsmoderateThe exclusions followed the fictional safety protocol and were disclosed in the dataset. text 0–71 1cc68113638aef40028d8e000b89a63821910620575d8b801855960074250e40

Sources

Every source this article draws on, the claims it supports, and the exact passage each claim rests on.

  1. Riverlight winter drill operations log (Riverlight Cooperative)

    Riverlight winter drill operations log

    Source
    Canonical urlhttps://news.ctol.digital/sources/riverlight-grid-ops
    PublisherRiverlight Cooperative
    AuthorSynthetic Grid Desk
    Typecompany-statement
    Directnessprimary
    Retrieved
    Retrieval version1
    Accesspublic
    Paywallnone
    Languageen
    Content hash5e8ccf80262d8a005d6ff20010663a007d32e2400d1a060025e8be407390b100

    Cited passage

    The fictional Riverlight cooperative shifted 14 percent of evening peak demand during its four-week winter drill.

    Selector: text 0–97 Hash: 20531ded68d024006397840029bb64003541c4004eb8a4001e9604005317e440

    Fictional households in the drill cut evening use between 6pm and 9pm on fourteen of twenty-eight evenings.

    Selector: text 0–96 Hash: 62196c5a2b72be0069bf160043108e006d50a60001eade0014a4b63820f6d600

    We did not build a smarter grid; we asked fictional neighbours to move two loads.

    Selector: text 0–76 Hash: 23dfbac76e155880530dde004a8bb60012f0ae00797e464049ab99007cae5500

    The fictional drill cost about 40,000 fictional credits in incentives.

    Selector: text 0–63 Hash: 65a6093430b7f3003c5ca70018554b005b2b1f406061fe00591d560065b1ce00

    The exclusions followed the fictional safety protocol and were disclosed in the dataset.

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    Source signals
    Directness0.9
    Independence0.4
    Recency0.95
    Subject matter competence0.9
    Methodology transparency0.7
    Correction history0.8
    Corroboration0.6
    Conflict of interest0.5
    Authenticity0.9
    Retrieval integrity1
    Rights
    Disclosurefull no-rights-record
    Claim
    ClaimRelationStrengthVerified
    The fictional Riverlight cooperative shifted 14 percent of evening peak demand during its four-week winter drill.supportsdirect
    Fictional households in the drill cut evening use between 6pm and 9pm on fourteen of twenty-eight evenings.supportsdirect
    The fictional grid operator describes the drill as neighbours moving two loads rather than a smarter grid.supportsdirect
    The fictional drill cost about 40,000 fictional credits in incentives.supportsdirect
    Independent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window.contradictsmoderate
  2. Riverlight drill metering dataset (Riverlight Cooperative)

    Riverlight drill metering dataset

    Source
    Canonical urlhttps://news.ctol.digital/sources/riverlight-grid-dataset
    PublisherRiverlight Cooperative
    AuthorSynthetic Metering Team
    Typedataset
    Directnessprimary
    Retrieved
    Retrieval version1
    Accesspublic
    Paywallnone

    Cited passage

    Peak-hour demand in the fictional drill fell from 96 MW to 82 MW in the third week.

    Selector: text 0–76 Hash: 6932a60e35fd28000efa38006d9a08403a99330012c4e70026388b407400fa00

    The fictional reserve margin stayed above 12 percent on every measured drill evening.

    Selector: text 0–80 Hash: 2af8f47b789fc28078490000751530006ea5a0005345500072e3400028427000
    Source signals
    Directness0.95
    Independence0.4
    Recency0.95
    Subject matter competence0.9
    Methodology transparency0.9
    Correction history0.8
    Corroboration0.7
    Conflict of interest0.5
    Authenticity0.9
    Retrieval integrity1
    Rights
    Disclosurefull no-rights-record
    Claim
    ClaimRelationStrengthVerified
    Peak-hour demand in the fictional drill fell from 96 MW to 82 MW in the third week.supportsdirect
    The fictional reserve margin stayed above 12 percent on every measured drill evening.supportsdirect
  3. Review of the Riverlight drill measurement window (Synthetic Review Desk)

    Review of the Riverlight drill measurement window

    Source
    Canonical urlhttps://news.ctol.digital/sources/riverlight-grid-review
    PublisherSynthetic Review Desk
    AuthorSynthetic Reviewers
    Typeresearch-paper
    Directnesssecondary
    Retrieved
    Retrieval version1
    Accesspublic
    Paywallnone

    Cited passage

    Independent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window.

    Selector: text 0–105 Hash: 6cbf42e83b425d006197c90042dec50036e0110048956d003cd5990051905500
    Source signals
    Directness0.8
    Independence0.85
    Recency0.9
    Subject matter competence0.85
    Methodology transparency0.85
    Correction history0.8
    Corroboration0.7
    Conflict of interest0.9
    Authenticity0.9
    Retrieval integrity1
    Rights
    Disclosurefull no-rights-record
    Claim
    ClaimRelationStrengthVerified
    Independent fictional reviewers dispute the savings because two cold evenings were excluded from the measured window.supportsdirect

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