Hey Darryl Looks like we aren't getting those EV station is Nova Scotia after all:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3945806/utility-board-nova-scotia-power-electric-vehicle/ The utility review board quashed it! On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Dan Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Daryl > Great to meet another EVDL Canadian member! Thanks for the kudos and yes > would love to see that Elec-Trak, didn't know any actually made it to > Canada! I don't know David or Jeff but I certainly don't think they wanted > their story to be used against EVs but somehow it is. I started a FB group > for EVs in NS and one gentleman stated that he wouldn't trade in his Prius > for an EV until NS cleaned up their power generation. Yes they still have > that time of day program ( my sister has an ETS heat unit and uses it), I > am considering it but the Volt I just got typically doesn't take that much > electricity, will have to look at the bill when it coms and see how much > difference it makes. > On the Facebook EV group, there is a woman who say she bought a Leaf and > drove it down from Ontario and used the finished New Brunswick charging > infrastructure. So apparently it's possible already! > > Cheers > Dan > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Darryl McMahon via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Dan, >> >> I'm 'down the road' in Ontario, but with NS roots (Annapolis Valley and >> Pictou County). I've met David Swan a couple of times, and corresponded >> with Jeff Dahn. I enjoyed your SnowPig video (and I hope to pick up more >> front lift motors on Friday to put my Elec-Trak snow team back into action). >> >> I think Efficiency NS is likely wearing the same blinders that Ontario's >> "Conservation First" continues to hold dear. Focus only on grid >> electricity use (kWh), and ignore any potential for substituting >> renewables, going for major efficiency gains, or having any concept that >> using more electricity could actually be the BETTER option (relative say to >> using more natural gas, gasoline, diesel or heating oil). (E.g., I could >> get an incentive to shift from an electric hot water tank to a natural gas >> hot water tank, but not to go from a natural gas hot water tank to a solar >> pre-heat system (no electric power reduction). The Ontario program is >> pretty half-hearted anyway; clearly afraid of reducing baseload demand >> which justifies continued over-investment in their CANDU nuclear fleet. >> >> Nova Scotia Power used to have an incentive program for lower price >> electricity during the overnight period for 'charging' a heat storage >> unit. Looks like that program is still in place. ( >> https://www.nspower.ca/en/home/for-my-home/heating-solution >> s/electric-thermal-storage/default.aspx) Perhaps NSP could be coaxed >> into seeing EVs as a similar proposition, and provide TOU pricing for EV >> households. >> >> Speaking of EVs in NS, I just saw the announcement there will finally be >> a province-wide EV network (12 stations) by summer 2018. Hmmm, may finally >> be able to take the trip from Ontario to NS in our 2017 Leaf this year. >> >> Wind power continues to grow in NS (and the winds seem to be getting >> stronger in recent years), and Bay of Fundy tidal remains to be tapped in a >> significant way. >> >> Darryl McMahon >> >> On 1/3/2018 10:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Message: 10 >>> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 11:38:30 -0400 >>> From: Dan Baker<[email protected]> >>> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Good News: EVs Are Not Crashing the Grid >>> Message-ID: >>> <[email protected] >>> ail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> >>> So we have an interesting conundrum in my province (Nova Scotia). NS >>> decided to concentrate their efforts on saving energy instead of cleaning >>> it up first. This makes sense as the most efficient watt is the watt >>> that >>> was never used which I agree with. They created an organization called >>> Efficiency Nova Scotia, which helps our sole power company's residential >>> and business customers save energy with credits for retrofits on >>> lighting, >>> industrial equipment, even data centers in which I do audits for. It has >>> worked great - the province is using 9% less power since 2008 despite >>> high >>> growth in many areas. The power company is happy because it doesn't have >>> to add more infrastructure, natural gas plants, etc. The problem of >>> course >>> is when we start using electric cars, will that 9% disappear with the >>> additional 10% from EVs? How will Efficiency NS work if the grid's >>> requirements increase? Worse is the fact that the energy created here to >>> charge electric vehicles still comes mostly from polluting sources - see >>> article here >>> http://halifaxchronicle.can.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=034660fc3 >>> There is a somewhat valid argument that an electric car used in NS isn't >>> that much better than a hybrid or even a gas car which lends some minds >>> down here to think an EV really isn't worth it to buy or even give an >>> incentive for. I have argued there is a lot more EV value than just C02 >>> - >>> where it is emitted, the lower cost of ownership, our infrastructure and >>> attracting young talent will eventually suffer if we don't keep up with >>> this modernization. >>> >>> Would love to hear your feedback! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dan >>> >> >> -- >> Darryl McMahon >> Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group >> /NEDRA) >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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