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Have you seen the price of electricity? That's with only about 5% of cars being electric. We've consumed nearly all of the slack in transmission capacity. I'
by buckle8017 4mo ago
Have you seen the price of electricity?
That's with only about 5% of cars being electric.
We've consumed nearly all of the slack in transmission capacity.
I'm expecting transmission costs to balloon.
- odie5533 4mo agoIs that from the popularity of evs, or from data centers?
- warumdarum 4mo agoThe thoughtfull hyped reality downvoter must know before doing the deed ..
- asdff 4mo agoAt least in California it is felt really among people who have private power providers that need to both turn a profit and appease shareholders while also paying out various lawsuits and penalties from causing wildfires with poorly maintained equipment. Compare those rates to what you'd get under a municipal power company like LADWP and the difference is dramatic.
- kulahan 4mo agoIt doesn’t really matter if, at the end of the day, our current usage is too high and consumers see EVs as a pro-social purchase. I don’t really think they’re a problem, personally, but it IS the topic of this comment thread, so it’s an appropriate place to complain about this particular issue. Edit: also, the problem with charging vehicles isn’t really home owner cars, it’s tractor-trailers.
- michaelmrose 4mo agoIt's more like 2% of cars on the road you are thinking about portion of new cars sold.
- Schiendelman 4mo agoThe price of electricity in Seattle has effectively dropped - we went from a flat 13.4c/kWh to an opt-in time of use system with an overnight rate of 8c/kWh. My bill dropped by a third.
- gessha 4mo agoIs capacity a static quantity?
- kalleboo 4mo agoThe article discusses how the biggest problem is peak demand, but that midday electric prices have fallen as solar has grown. EVs are perfect for charging during solar peak and making use of energy that would have had to be curtailed, they can even feed back into the grid helping during peak demand.