Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, report says

Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by ZeroGravitas on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:02PM (#18620419)

I think part of the savings don't go directly to the battery owner, but instead prevent the electricity suppliers from price gouging the customer.

Happens a lot with renewables. You personally don't capture all the value you provide. This is part of the reason that rooftop solar should get paid more than the going rate but even 1:1 rates get attacked as some kind of scam, even as they reduce peak load which may be literally 1000x more expensive than average.

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by Scoundreller on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:20PM (#18620592)

Correct. A proper grid system would pay a premium for the size of the solar grid that fulfills solar-induced demands.

After that, solar should get paid grid rate.

I have no idea if anyone has bothered to calculate what the solar-induced demand is.

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by secabeen on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:07PM (#18621036)

Unfortunately, they don't really reduce peak load anymore. With the solar-adjusted demand curve looking duck-shaped, the peak load is now in the late-afternoon/early evening

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