Why EVs won't break the grid?

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Why Electric Vehicles Won't Break the Grid

Though conservatives have attacked California officials for asking electric vehicle owners to unplug during a heat wave, experts say more electric cars won’t topple the power grid

www.scientificamerican.com

The spotlight on vehicle charging raised questions about whether the country’s electric grid would be able to withstand the accelerating transition to battery-powered cars, buses and other forms of transportation. If the grid was threatened by charging cars during this month’s extreme heat, how will it perform when EVs become present on every street?

But grid operators, utilities and clean energy advocates say it doesn’t make sense to blame electric vehicles for the soaring electricity demand during the recent heat wave. And in the future, as utilities make needed adjustments for widespread EV uptake, there’s no reason why transportation electrification should overburden the country’s grid, they said.In fact, experts see EV batteries as part of the solution.
They help to reduce planet-warming emissions and can add needed flexibility to electric utilities that are sure to come under more strain as global temperatures continue to rise.

Garrett Fitzgerald, senior director for electrification at the Smart Electric Power Alliance, called the backlash over California’s charging delays “undue criticism or panic.”

“The grid can handle it, we’re taking the necessary steps, but we’re just at the very beginning of putting those processes and programs in place,” he said. “A future grid will absolutely be able to handle a future demand of transportation electrification.”

 

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Garrett Fitzgerald, senior director for electrification at the Smart Electric Power Alliance, called the backlash over California’s charging delays “undue criticism or panic.”

“The grid can handle it, we’re taking the necessary steps, but we’re just at the very beginning of putting those processes and programs in place,” he said. “A future grid will absolutely be able to handle a future demand of transportation electrification.”

That is a pretty screwed up logic. Pied Piper style.

A future grid is a promise, not a fact. And Texas already proved that summer heat, AC units, and chargers, overpowered the current grid.

Along with winter cold and winds.

These are not isolated incidences.

Speaking of which, imagine if you will, a hurricane that leaves a community without electric service for 30 days. We can truck in fuel for cars and trucks but EV's will sit in the driveway. The portable generator occupied with basic homeowner needs like heat and lights. And, maybe some AC.