Bold Boateng Blog

Gas spent 20 years owning the evening peak. Batteries took a year to crash the party.

That's disruption. Not gradual, but a rapid shift in who supplies grid's most valuable hours.

The battle was never about total generation. It was about the peak & batteries are winning it. pic.twitter.com/NN8Xgt3pZi

— Chris Meder (@EVCurveFuturist) June 4, 2026

Australia, where household energy bills are to fall 10% from 1 July 2026, is executing an industrial slaughter of legacy gas peakers
>In 1st quarter of 2026, battery systems tripled their daytime-to-evening energy shifting compared to last year. Batteries surged 1,115 MW of clean… pic.twitter.com/iI1bICkBzM

— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) June 3, 2026