Vehicle-to-grid is an interesting concept I suppose for some peak shaving. But realistically, I would like to see the economic benefits to the car/home owner.
It seems like there should be a premium paid to the battery owner for the luxury of drawing energy when the utility needs it.
I already have an 75 KW EV and a small solar system that can back feed to the grid. Luckily my state has a policy that requires the utility to compensate me at exactly the same rate as they charge me, so I get a payback without the additional cost of a battery pack.
I’m thinking as I type this, but if the utility wanted to draw, say 50 KW out of my car battery in the afternoon to handle a peak. It would net me about $6.50. Then I would probably have to pay $6.50 back to the utility that night so I would have sufficient charge for the next day. So it’s a no-sum game for me other than my battery is growing older a little faster every time the utility taps it.
I’m sure some additional equipment/meter would be necessary to make this work and someone would need to pay for that. I wouldn’t want to pay for it unless there was some other economic benefit to me.
Vehicle-to-grid is an interesting concept I suppose for some peak shaving. But realistically, I would like to see the economic benefits to the car/home owner.
It seems like there should be a premium paid to the battery owner for the luxury of drawing energy when the utility needs it.
I already have an 75 KW EV and a small solar system that can back feed to the grid. Luckily my state has a policy that requires the utility to compensate me at exactly the same rate as they charge me, so I get a payback without the additional cost of a battery pack.
I’m thinking as I type this, but if the utility wanted to draw, say 50 KW out of my car battery in the afternoon to handle a peak. It would net me about $6.50. Then I would probably have to pay $6.50 back to the utility that night so I would have sufficient charge for the next day. So it’s a no-sum game for me other than my battery is growing older a little faster every time the utility taps it.
I’m sure some additional equipment/meter would be necessary to make this work and someone would need to pay for that. I wouldn’t want to pay for it unless there was some other economic benefit to me.