Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumPG&E, Tesla launch program to use customers' Powerwall batteries to tackle California reliability
PG&E, Tesla launch program to use customers Powerwall batteries to tackle California reliability concernsTesla and Pacific Gas & Electric have launched a program to aggregate the storage in ratepayers Tesla Powerwalls to provide emergency power to Californias grid when intense heat drives up demand on the system this summer and the summer of 2023. Participating residential and other distributed battery owners will be paid $2 per kWh for exporting power to the system when supplies are crimped from 4 p.m.9 p.m. between May 1 and October 31.
Owners of one of Teslas 50,000 distributed storage systems in PG&Es service area can take part in the Emergency Load Reduction Program, or ELRP. This program was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission last December to shore up the grid with 2-3 GW of new resources as well as negawatts energy use reductions to avoid blackouts during late summer afternoons and early evenings.
The Tesla-PG&E project allows Powerwall owners to reserve storage capacity to ensure juice in their battery remains after responding to a grid warning so they can power their home as needed or preferred. They also can opt out of a grid warning event.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pge-tesla-launch-program-to-use-customers-powerwall-batteries-to-tackle/626297/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 854 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (1)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
PG&E, Tesla launch program to use customers' Powerwall batteries to tackle California reliability (Original Post)
Finishline42
Jul 2022
OP
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)1. Will their....
homes burst into flames and take weeks to extinguish?
Asking for a friend.
Finishline42
(1,091 posts)2. 50,000 friends?
that's a number that I wasn't aware of. 50,000 Powerwalls in PG&E service area. No wonder we have a hard time of getting any in KY
Duppers
(28,126 posts)3. Bookmarking.
NNadir
(33,544 posts)4. The population of California is 40 million people.
Half a century of commenting on trivial and wasteful junk there is not going to save any lives when the heat is extreme and the power goes down.
If they want clean and reliable power, they need to build nuclear plants, not post piddling crap about electronic junk.