My question about the electric grid is this. When everyone is forced to get an electric car, what happens when everyone charges their car every night, at the same time? Especially when nobody is allowed to build a new power plant?
With the grid being maxxed out already, and no new capacity, I suspect much of America will be subjected to 3rd world brownouts and blackouts.
Just a little concerned here if you know what I mean.
At night time the demand dips considerably. I work at a power plant in NYC, and by midnight we are usually down to minimum load on each unit if running, which is 75MW. FYI, I work at a large 1950s era gas/oil burning steam turbine multi-unit 1200 MW plant.
However, in the summer, it is not uncommon for us to run all units at maximum load 24 hours a day. Air conditioners perhaps. Maybe that’s when there will be black outs. Hot summer nights, with everyone charging their cars.
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