Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study

Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by cgb223 on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:10PM (#32958145)

> The solution is simple. Make electricity cheaper when it's more available, and people will use it. You don't need any complex "AI" like people in this thread are saying, you just use natural market forces and the problem fixes itself. Too much energy being used at night - price increases. It's not complicated, and it's what we're doing already. People don't need a Stanford study to convince them to get their energy for cheaper.

This is exactly what they were doing in Texas right up until the moment the Blizzard hit last year.

Suddenly electricity became unavailable (because you know, giant blizzard), and consequently it was something like $6000 a kw/hr[1] for some users

Your market force solution for electricity pricing almost bankrupted me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[1] https://thehill.com/changing-america/resilience/natural-disa...

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by collinmcnulty on Friday September 23, 2022 @08:09PM (#32958556)

Texas electricity prices are capped at $9/kWh but are often reported in the wholesale $/MWh

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by concordDance on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:14PM (#32958178)

Set thresholds on your meter that notifies you when price rises to high and turns it off automatically? Maybe some household batteries or a small generator?

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by sidewndr46 on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:17PM (#32958194)

Where in Texas does the end-user get to install their own meter they can customize?

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