I agree with Tom. As EV are slowly adopted, the grid will find ways to
adapt. Always will and always has.
My state electric utility has asked customers to volunteer (with a nice
cash incentive) to put "black boxes" on their air conditioning loads and
electric water heaters.
The boxes turn off these loads, under the command of the utility, for a
few minutes during peak load periods.
With the thermal inertia, you never notice your A/C was off for a few
extra minutes.
Shaves the tops right off the peak loads on the grid quite nicely.
Little black boxes under remote control are the cheap solution. Everyone
wins.
I would imagine that when EV charging loads become significant, they
will do the same thing. It would be stupid not to.
Only makes sense. Costs very little and you leave the grid pretty much
the same.
Utilities love it. You sell more kWhrs using the identical generation
and distribution equipment. No upgrades whatsoever.
Only folks that volunteer have to do it, and save a bit of money.
Everyone wins.
Simple simple. What's not to like?
The "grid overload" is simply a scare tactic campaign paid for by folks
that will stand to lose by adoption of EVs. (Koch brothers?)
Bill D.
On 1/1/2018 8:33 PM, Thos True via EV wrote:
Peri & All,
I recall addressing this fear about a decade ago when it the fear was being
pushed by mainstream media.
The reality is no different than events that have occurred many times since
the inception of the electrical grid. It is interesting that the utilities
seem to do their best to avoid this conversation.
Some that we might recall were the fears about every house having a
refrigerator and washing machine, then it was the clothes dryer, followed
by microwave ovens & hand held appliances and the hot tub craze, followed
by the air conditioner installations. The air conditioners do have a
noticeable effect on the grid due to a few factors (1. Grid already
stressed due to over heating. 2. Large numbers in a region using the device
at the same time (large, continuous inrush currents). 3. Extended periods
of load for each device (in excess of 4 hours each).)
The previous example share the relatively short, staggered inrush current
events, followed by lower power demands, which are barely noticeable,
according to the utilities themselves, since most L2 units use the same
amount of power per use as the average clothes dryer.
Tom True
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