The slow progress of VPP, V2G, etc. is slowing the Transition, IMO. Here is an area that makes owning a battery a potential money maker. I think that has broad appeal.
For example, IIRC, when Green Mountain Power announced their program, I believe somebody estimated they could make $4000 a year from their Nissan Leaf. A friggin' Leaf!
New in my feed, last week: "Nuvve wins $400 million V2G, EV charging contract in New Mexico". So far, I'm just seeing the press release for this (haven't really dug for more). It's for state fleet vehicles. Many of these vehicles, I assume, are parked at 4:00pm or earlier, getting a quick charge, and then, servicing the evening peak load, and then getting their full charge, off peak. Most school buses are free to charge from 10:00am-2:00pm, perfect! Have I mentioned PNM runs on 95+% renewables pretty much whenever the sun is shining? But, so far, no mention of how this *lowers* the cost of having an electric fleet, just the $400 million price tag for the general public to groan over.
The other thing I don't hear much about is the potential for a VPP managed at a very granular level to provide ancillary grid services at a higher quality and a lower price.
Oh, and please let us keep time-of-use rates and other options for those with relatively dumb batteries.
The slow progress of VPP, V2G, etc. is slowing the Transition, IMO. Here is an area that makes owning a battery a potential money maker. I think that has broad appeal.
For example, IIRC, when Green Mountain Power announced their program, I believe somebody estimated they could make $4000 a year from their Nissan Leaf. A friggin' Leaf!
New in my feed, last week: "Nuvve wins $400 million V2G, EV charging contract in New Mexico". So far, I'm just seeing the press release for this (haven't really dug for more). It's for state fleet vehicles. Many of these vehicles, I assume, are parked at 4:00pm or earlier, getting a quick charge, and then, servicing the evening peak load, and then getting their full charge, off peak. Most school buses are free to charge from 10:00am-2:00pm, perfect! Have I mentioned PNM runs on 95+% renewables pretty much whenever the sun is shining? But, so far, no mention of how this *lowers* the cost of having an electric fleet, just the $400 million price tag for the general public to groan over.
The other thing I don't hear much about is the potential for a VPP managed at a very granular level to provide ancillary grid services at a higher quality and a lower price.
Oh, and please let us keep time-of-use rates and other options for those with relatively dumb batteries.