For example, Senate Bill 233 would make bi-directional charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles.
PG&E CEO proposes using electric cars to send power back to California’s grid to prevent blackouts – ABC7 San Francisco (abc7news.com)
A problem with solar and wind generation is they deliver power only when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing.
A proposed solution is “grid-scale” batteries to store power and then release it during period of low electricity production.
PG&E, one of the two big utilities in California, wants to use the privately owned batteries in EVs as part of their grid-scale battery system.
It’s been said before, California’s power grid will have to expand in order to meet the demand for more energy. PG&E’s CEO Patricia Poppe has come up with an “unconventional” idea, using electric cars to send excess power back to the grid to prevent blackouts.
