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EVs might become a large part of the grid's energy storage, smoothing out these conditions of solar/wind shortages. If ERCOT is paying bitcoin miners to not mi
by pengaru 3y ago
EVs might become a large part of the grid's energy storage, smoothing out these conditions of solar/wind shortages.
If ERCOT is paying bitcoin miners to not mine, I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to pay EV owners for some storage capacity and cooperative charge scheduling.
- tiffanyh 3y agoERCOT pays even home users to use LESS electricity even during non-emergency situations. It's way cheaper to give incentive pricing to consumers to use less energy, than it is to build an entirely new power plant.