pic.twitter.com/injeLey8hW — California ISO (@California_ISO) June 18, 2021
Posted on 06/23/2021 7:41:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It appears as though California's plans to become an environmental and socialist utopia are running face first into reality.
The latest dose of reality came this week when the state, facing triple digit temperatures, began to "fret" about pressure on the state's power grid as a result of everybody charging their electric vehicles all at once.
The state's power grid operators have been telling residents to "relieve pressure" from the grid by charging their EVs at off-peak hours, Newsweek wrote.
Twice last week the California Independent System Operator (ISO) told residents to conserve energy voluntarily, including asking to charge their EVs at certain off-peak times. The ISO also suggested "avoiding use of large appliances and turning off extra lights," the report says.
pic.twitter.com/injeLey8hW — California ISO (@California_ISO) June 18, 2021
The state's Flex Alert Twitter account posted on June 18: "Now is the perfect time to do a load of laundry. Remember to use major appliances, charge cars and devices before #FlexAlert begins at 6 p.m. today."
Despite the fact that the state seems hell bent on converting all of its residents to EVs, Patty Monahan, the lead commissioner on transportation at the California Energy Commission, said that when residents choose to charge their vehicles will be important "in keeping the power grid balanced".
"Charging behaviors matter when it comes to California grid goals," she said. "By incentivizing, primarily through rates, charging behaviors that capitalize on when renewable energy is being generated—we basically have a win for the grid, and we have a win for the drivers in terms of reduced rates. Rates are a climate strategy, and California plans on using rates to help drive the charging behaviors that are going to help the state electrify transportation while cutting carbon from the grid and saving ratepayers and drivers money."
Matthew Moniot, a researcher with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory said that most drivers who charge at night "will have to change" their routines: "If you look at aggregate load across the grid, it tends to spike in the evening hours whenever people come home." He called it a "tricky problem" that relies on "how much can we move what's currently overnight charging to be during the daytime hours, when generation may be more excessive."
Butt, butt, butt............ Wind mills and solar panels are awesome. Not that they are a blight on the country side and ruin my “view shed”.
Yeah, they’ll be “carbon neutral” by 2045.
Once they perfect that technology for extracting electricity from unicorn farts.
This is silly.
Everybody knows electricity is magic.
That’s why we don’t need fossil fuels anymore.
I wonder if these are the same tree-huggers who have nixed every attempt to construct a new power plant for the past several decades. Yep...karma’s a bitch.
Hahahahahahabahaha
Back to the Carter days of rationing energy just months after the Trump energy surplus. Next you will be forced to double up with neighbors on odd and even assigned days.
Just make people stay at home and all of these problems will be solved.
I’ve never understood why the enviro extremists are against nuclear power.
Nuclear power plants produce none of the dreaded greenhouse gases. But nuclear is on the “hit list” to be eliminated, along with coal and other “fossil fuel” fired power plants.
California electric vehicles should be mandated to carry extra fuel with them in the form of a horse trailer. :-)
Biden’s FAULT!!!
Texas screwed up by letting the tree-huggers get in control of their power, but I have no doubt that (now that they have been exposed) Texas will rectify the situation.
California? It will only get worse.
The difference between a red and blue state.
If more people use electricity during off peak hours, wouldn’t those hours become peak also?
RE: Nuclear power plants produce none of the dreaded greenhouse gases.
You’re going to hear these chants: Chernobyl, 3-mile island, Fukushima !! ( rinse, repeat ).
Hmmm, eventually you will be given a time slot. Tough to be the guys who gets the 3 AM slot
Fukushima. Chernobyl.
Yep. My guess is that CA’s solution is to build more wind generators, totally ignoring the TX experience. Idiots...
>>Back to the Carter days of rationing energy just months after the Trump energy surplus. Next you will be forced to double up with neighbors on odd and even assigned days.
Nah, they’ll just prioritize electricity distribution by socialist credit score.
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