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I lost power but don’t have a Tesla. Your tip doesn’t help me.

• jeffbee 6y ago
  If you had one, your individual choice would not prevent your particular electric service from going out, so no big deal. It would be neat if the utilities had the ability to selectively shed car chargers, clothes dryers, and suchlike loads. I imagine they have to make the choice at a much more coarse level, like at a distribution substation.
  • mperham 6y ago
    V2G is very much designed for this scenario: electric cars effectively become a very large battery farm for the grid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid
  • khuey 6y ago
    Residential air conditioners are usually the largest "peaky" electrical demand and most utilities have a program where they'll give you discounts in exchange for being able to remotely turn off your air conditioner occasionally.
  • dragonwriter 6y ago
    > It would be neat if the utilities had the ability to selectively shed car chargers, clothes dryers, and suchlike They have the capacity, though it's only used for AC reduction AFAIK: https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/save-energy-money/savings-solutions-and-rebates/smart-ac/smart-ac.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_smartac https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/save-energy-money/savi...
    • mmm_grayons 6y ago
      Maybe because I'm in Texas rather than California, but AC is the absolute last thing I'd want turned off. It doesn't make sense to try to convince people to reduce AC on the hottest days compared to something like charging a car, running a water heater, etc., even though this is probably the largest demand in such a case. What percentage of consumers have signed up for this program?