With the recall of over 100,000 BOLT batteries to be replaced, There will be a HUGE source. But I assume that they will all be bulk sold to utilities who (hopefully) will apply them to grid-leveling in support of renewables! Bob
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:30 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > >> OOps, forgot. My home solar makes the EV charging free... > >> (Well, no, with Grid tie it costs me 14 cents per kWh > >> because that is what each kW is worth that I push back > >> into the grid so using it to charge an EV is 14cents/kWh lost). > > > > Your utility seems to be giving you a GREAT deal. Though it makes your > > charging appear more expensive than with a lesser deal. I buy at > > $.10/kwh and sell at $.06/kwh which makes my charging $.06. OTOH, my > > utility is willing to buy (pay cash) for as much as I can manage to > > produce. Even at only $.06, I think my payback period is in the range > > of 6-8 years. > > You both get great deals. My electric coop only pays their "avoided costs" > for any surplus electricity (trued up annually), currently that is less than > 3 cents per kwh (2.6 the last time I checked). > OTOH I'm still collecting on the PBI we agreed to when I first connected. > That pays 18.6 cents per kWh produced, regardless of whether I use it or push > it to the grid. However, that will run out in less than 2 years. > > A couple years after that my 'grandfathered' status runs out and I'll be > switched to their new 'solar customer' rates, at that point it will cost me > over $800 a year just for the privilege of being connected to the grid. iI > figure it will be cheaper to buy some used EV batteries and disconnect, which > is what I plan to do. > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
