>> OOps, forgot. My home solar makes the EV charging free... >> (Well, no, with Grid tie it costs me 14 cents per kWh >> because that is what each kW is worth that I push back >> into the grid so using it to charge an EV is 14cents/kWh lost). > > Your utility seems to be giving you a GREAT deal. Though it makes your > charging appear more expensive than with a lesser deal. I buy at > $.10/kwh and sell at $.06/kwh which makes my charging $.06. OTOH, my > utility is willing to buy (pay cash) for as much as I can manage to > produce. Even at only $.06, I think my payback period is in the range > of 6-8 years.
You both get great deals. My electric coop only pays their "avoided costs" for any surplus electricity (trued up annually), currently that is less than 3 cents per kwh (2.6 the last time I checked). OTOH I'm still collecting on the PBI we agreed to when I first connected. That pays 18.6 cents per kWh produced, regardless of whether I use it or push it to the grid. However, that will run out in less than 2 years. A couple years after that my 'grandfathered' status runs out and I'll be switched to their new 'solar customer' rates, at that point it will cost me over $800 a year just for the privilege of being connected to the grid. iI figure it will be cheaper to buy some used EV batteries and disconnect, which is what I plan to do. _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
