Conservation - Peak loads - EV infrastructure

[Daniel Ames <daniela@wenet.net>]

One power utility has experimented with control over temperature via dial in
phone line access to manage multiple sites air conditioning temp in large
buildings this is to help manage power during peak demand, and have offered
discount incentives for those subscribing to this program of surrendering
control over the user's thermostat's.  This is one way power companys use to
conserve and regulate grid load demands at a maintainable level.  Power
company's could utilize this in a similar way for EV usage. My idea for an EV
infrastructure and to help the power grid with peak demand is to have the
power company dump  excess off peak power into controlled energy storage
banks of either EV's in waiting for grid juice and  other energy storage
depositories at permanent locations meant for dump charging to EV's later.
Those same fixed permanent locations ( EV charging sites)  would be setup for
allowing power company's to draw power from same energy storage sources when
needed later thus further helping the power grid loads during high peak
demands.
Danny Ames.


Lee Hart wrote:

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> Utilities have been trying, in their own bureaucratic way, to encourage
> us to use less energy. Setback thermostats, TOU metering, rebates for
> more efficient appliances, discount fluorescent lights, etc. Progress
> has been very slow.
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