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I don't see how. The cost seems to be prohibitive for them. It might make a little more sense for some consumers due to the excessively high retail rates for e
by jsight 10y ago
I don't see how. The cost seems to be prohibitive for them.
It might make a little more sense for some consumers due to the excessively high retail rates for electricity in some regions.
- maxerickson 10y agoOne way would be the same sorts of regulations that have them paying to haul away old appliances.
- greglindahl 10y agoUtilities need fast-reacting ways to deal with rapidly changing generation from sources such as wind and sun. Large users can get a big benefit from reducing their theoretical peak usage, reducing their grid connection charge. Both of these usages are economic today.
- yessql 10y agoUtilities have to have excess capacity available to spin up instantly to meet demand. So you have to compare the cost and maintenance with a natural gas peaker plant. I think there is a place for Tesla's PowerPack to replace the least used peaker plants.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoTesla PowerPacks are already replacing three peaker plants (that I know of). The more expensive the peaker, the faster the payback time.