Yosemite Sam1 wrote:



Not even close, 200 Texans died of deep freeze with massive black out because their leaders can't make the electric companies harden their grids and plants with winterization.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:




And the sad part, these same leaders even got the nerve to lie to their constituents that it's the turbines and renewables that failed when the windmills (it's turbines, idiot) are still going whoop, whoom, whoom, causing cancer, in nearby states.

time2roll wrote:

Compared to TX, I believe the CA administration of the grid has gone quite well. I expect this superior management to continue as we transition away from burning fuel to have electricity. EVs will be the easy part as charging is flexible.

CA is ready for the SEMI.

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Stabilize California’s Grid: The extra capacity your Powerwall provides could help avoid or reduce blackouts in a severe emergency. This way, Powerwall can keep the lights on for both you and your community.
Clean the Grid: Tesla will dispatch your Powerwall when the grid is in critical need of additional power. That is when the least efficient generators would typically come online.
Unite as a Tesla Community: Team up with other Powerwall owners who are accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy and help form the largest distributed battery in the world – potentially over 50,000 Powerwalls. As part of the VPP, your Powerwall will have an outsized positive impact on the grid over traditional demand response programs.
Maintain Your Energy Security: Powerwall will discharge during VPP events but won’t discharge below your Backup Reserve. Adjust your Backup Reserve to control your contribution while maintaining backup energy for outages.
Earn Compensation: Through the ELRP pilot, you will receive $2 for every additional kWh your Powerwall provides during an event. You don’t have to change your energy usage behavior to participate.

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How Tesla's Virtual Power Plant is aiding California's Grid Crisis

RCMAN46 wrote:



I did not see this in how California averted blackouts.
Emergency Generators

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:



But in some people's world, a single incident of a blackout (my sister lives in the Bay Area and she told me, what black out) is some scary **** "rolling blackout" that would make EV unfeasible.

California averts widespread rolling bla........ts as energy demands ease amid heat wave

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:



And those solar panels are actually supplying the grid in times of low usage and surplus.

But heck, California is facing an apocalypse and the whole world doesn't know and keeps on using it as a benchmark for greening, pollution abatement and energy independence.

pianotuna wrote:



I guess the author has never heard of solar panels.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

More and more people are doing the math and showing the figures. Refreshing, because I showed the math about the Semi and why it would never work for an OTR semi.

This guy shows the math of an electric SUV. Listen to the figures he shows and what it takes to make even an electric SUV let alone a Semi.