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I think the point the author is making here is that calling the electric utility about charging dozens or hundreds of vans is different than checking in to make
by sircastor 2y ago
I think the point the author is making here is that calling the electric utility about charging dozens or hundreds of vans is different than checking in to make sure your home setup doesn't violate utility policy.
Amazon is very often in a position to dictate terms of an agreement, but here they needed the utility's assistance. Amazon had to figure out how to negotiate the landscape.
- MBCook 2y agoThe article even mentioned the difference involved. You buy a warehouse you might need 50 or 100 KWh. Everyone planned for that when the facility was built. Want to charge 200 vans? Now you’re talking megawatts. You have to talk to the utility about upgrading their lines and stations and such. “Hi. PG&E? We want to 100x our overnight power usage! That’s good right?” That’s not a normal call they’d have had to do before.