PG&E´s proposal would require all EV charger hosts to charge their
customers based on prescribed time-of-use rates ...
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
I think I see what PGE are doing, but why should they get to stipulate what
the CUSTOMER pays?
Because they can? Or at least, they can try?
We want EVs to be a success. But in a capitalistic society, the only way
to make a rapid change from ICE to EV is if someone can get *rich* by
promoting the change.
Perhaps I'm just naive, and I know it would cost more -- but I wonder if a
charging provider couldn't avoid all this power company hassle by consuming
no grid power at all -- rather using PV or another alternative energy source
to power their charging stations.
They certainly *could* put PV or wind generators at or near their
charging sites. They could include batteries to "soak up" the power when
it's available or cheap from the grid, and then "dump it" quickly to
fast-charge EVs.
But, is this going to produce the big quick profits they are looking for?
Also, would this violate the guaranteed monopoly that the power
companies have written into law to prevent anyone else from selling
power in their territory?
--
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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