[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EV-Digest-Vol-78-Issue-23-tp4693364.html ] Occasionally I post a 'ding' http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/ding item like that item to show 'these are out there and the public believes them'. EVangels will run into the public repeating/parroting this mis-information. To answer the posed question, I am not recharging an EV at this time, but my local (San Antonio, TX) utility does offer a way to pay for renewable electrons https://www.cpsenergy.com/en/solr_search.html?q=renewable&fq=language:en This is similar to what I had (1990-2000) when I lived in an apartment in Silicon Valley, CA. The local utility pge.com touted a mix, but to really get clean electrons there were companies back then that you would pay to get cleaner electrons. At that time, I was recharging at home off a 200' long extension cord connected to my 14-50 oven outlet running out a window to the car port connected to one of my 3kW chargers. It cost about 20% more, but it was still cheap. So, for renter who is restricted/limited to not having a pv installation like home owners do, paying for cleaner electrons worked ok for me. Here are searches as examples, but replace my zip-code for yours. https://www.google.com/search?q=green+electricity+94086 searching for green electricity in silicon valley https://www.google.com/search?q=renewable+electricity+94086 If I remember right,, at the time I was using green mt., but they may not service that area now. But, other companies do, see https://www.svcleanenergy.org/residential-rates/ As I hope to change from being an apartment dweller to being a home owner soon, I will be looking into adding solar to that home. But, I would not want to try to sell my pv power back to the local grid. TX locals told me I would do better (more co$t effective) to invest in a powerwall (or similar) to store that pv power for after-dark use, etc. Meanwhile, I could search for what green sources are here in TX ... https://www.google.com/search?q=renewable+electricity+78229 Btw, TX has several solar programs http://www.ocisolarpower.com/texas-utilities/ as well as several large wind farms https://www.cpsenergy.com/content/corporate/en/about-us/programs-services/energy-generation/wind/windtricity.html Bottom line: -an apt dweller could recharge off renewable electrons if they wanted to. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ 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)
