EV drivers should be pissed.
I'm pissed
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EV drivers should be pissed.
Hah I think Superchargers are going to get a little more crowded for this. It is really going to suck for those who don't have any solar or batteries at all.Iāve been supercharging a whole lot more lately with some very convenient local stations opening up and the fact that itās āfreeā for my dinosaur Model S. Tesla might just have to eat some of this increase.
It is hard to know what they payTesla might just have to eat some of this increase.
If the cost of gasoline goes from $5 to $6 per gallon, people on normal ICE car forums lose their bananas.
Unfortunately the enabling legislation for CCAs limited their role to just serving the generation side of the business, The CCA's do not have the resources or technical staff to manage the infrastructure.not sure why the CCAās could not take over.
With solar and no powerwall, I have relatively low true-up's ($600 annual now around $1000), so E-TOU-C was always about $400 cheaper than EV2-A. I always thought EV2-A would pan out if someone drove a lot more, at some point the lower off-peak rate would make sense. But after seeing in another thread here that even with $3000 true-ups, E-TOU-C was still about $400 cheaper than EV2, seems like really need a LOT of driving to make it worth it.I was also thinking of switching from ETOUC to EVA2 but with the raise of rates on EVA2 not sure I would save any money.
operational costs are significantly cheaper with EV. Of course, you would have to buy one which is expensive.Until someone gives me a free EV, still cheaper for me to drive my ice car not how expensive gas is. And I have SO MUCH extra solar, I could charge
a whole fleet of EVs and still have too much. Too bad some of you are not closer, I could give you free ev charging.
Iām really disappointed that the powers that be in California donāt see the problem with utilities out of control. They just keep letting them raise rates, not sure how some people will be able to afford these crazy rates. We need a revolution in this state to split up the utility monopolies, not sure why the CCAās could not take over.
operational costs are significantly cheaper with EV. Of course, you would have to buy one which is expensive.
With solar and no powerwall, I have relatively low true-up's ($600 annual now around $1000), so E-TOU-C was always about $400 cheaper than EV2-A. I always thought EV2-A would pan out if someone drove a lot more, at some point the lower off-peak rate would make sense. But after seeing in another thread here that even with $3000 true-ups, E-TOU-C was still about $400 cheaper than EV2, seems like really need a LOT of driving to make it worth it.
For me, without summer A/C, it's not EV2's high summer peak that kills, it's the winter peak rate the rest of the year, just because of lights, TV, cooking in the evening when solar is gone.
Is there anyone who's NOT load-shifting peaks on EV2, just doing a lot of EV mileage, where EV2 is actually cheaper than other rates?
We only have a few years left of this (2019 + 5 = 2024). I am hoping by the time fall of 2024 arrives that they let us export any solar we produced during that day and stored in the PWs, back to the grid. Then at $0.56 kWh (will be going up) during peak we should be making some money.So glad I have powerwalls so I can shove 100% of peak production down their throats and run my peak usage 100% from storage. Us paired storage folks with EVs must be PG&E's worst nightmare.
We only have a few years left of this (2019 + 5 = 2024). I am hoping by the time fall of 2024 arrives that they let us export any solar we produced during that day and stored in the PWs, back to the grid. Then at $0.56 kWh (will be going up) during peak we should be making some money.
The only advantage I see with EVA today is that we have a bit more opportunity to send solar back during our earlier peak time.
Right now I am a pretty big NET energy hog (lots of off peak power usage) but am really lean during peak and even partial peak. So PG&E suffers some pretty big costs for pushing kW to me, and does not get as much in return in average.PG&E is most fearful of that scenario but it is the one that results in the lowest grid burden. In fact, PG&E is most threatened by anyone who has paired storage with solar. Not only does it potentially allow us to grid defect, but we have the ability to use no power during peak times which means means lowest gird burden but also lowest profits for the IOUs.