Maybe. My parents at that time were on time of use metering, but it was fixed time. For example the water heater was on a timer to turn on at 11pm when electric rates went down.
could they have figured out a networking technology for more dynamic time of use metering and response? Networking existed, as did integrated circuits
my parents also had thermal storage electric heat. That alone could have made a huge difference in balancing demand with supply
Put those two together and you could have dynamic demand response even without grid scale batteries
Maybe. My parents at that time were on time of use metering, but it was fixed time. For example the water heater was on a timer to turn on at 11pm when electric rates went down.
Put those two together and you could have dynamic demand response even without grid scale batteries