Recent content by ClarDold

I think right front is the most sensible, if there is parallel parking street charging available on light poles. That was supposed to happen in San Francisco. It is somewhere in the Midwest that I saw, and quite prominent in Denmark.

Those are 72 kW chargers. They aren't available to NACS and never will be. They don't seem blocked from NACS because they are busy locations. There is a 250 kW Supercharger at Somerville that is not open. Just off the north edge of your map, there is a Supercharger at Suffolk Downs Target that...

Charge port location is as contentious as port configuration. My 11 year old EV has the charge port in the front. My 1 year old EV will continue to have its charge port in the left front, behind the wheel, probably for the next ten to fifteen years. Right front seems much friendlier, helpful in...

Even in California, there are areas outside of LA ;) The Supercharger that I never use in my town has 20 stalls, separate, but in the same parking lot as 6 EVgo with Tesla. Laytonville, far enough that I might use it, has 8 stalls, in the same no-amenities shadeless parking lot with three...

NEC 2023 allows EVSE on 60 amp receptacles.

My installer did all of the Physical Layout work for me. They also remapped after one of the optimizers failed. I can see the effect of shading on my set of panels which are in three locations and two 90° orientations. I also noticed what I thought was a failing panel, until I looked at that...

I am in California, subscribed to Sonoma Clean Power, a community choice aggregator (CCA) using PG&E facilities and rate plan. I participate in Tesla VPP, which triggered for a few evenings in a row, September 9, 2022. Separately, I have Enel-X JuiceBox control handed to SCP for suppressing...

"Peak", in his example, includes all of the time that the sun is shining, as you note. There is no time when the Powerwalls will charge from solar, and let the house draw from the grid, the way mine does. I don't have any delta, but Tesla follows Peak versus off-peak correctly, which doesn't...

My Android is still at 21.20.6, and I don't see a change in my "VPP Beta", but I did notice a new "Pair Phone to Powerwall", part of testing "off-grid", which required toggling the Powerwall power switch. I am served by PG&E, but billed through Sonoma Clean Power. Weird. The help screen shows...

A little buzzword marketing fluff. They don't produce any energy. They are not a Power Plant. They are a proxy to a large consumer base, able to shift their load. I would say that in California, they would be a "Proxy demand resource - load shift resource (PDR-LSR)". They are trying to raise...

I think OhmConnect is collecting the Demand Response dollars and giving you nothing but the thermostat that they need to control your AC. They aren't a VPP. They are a consumer able to shift demand, just like JuiceNet.

Tesla is the Power Plant. All of our batteries comprise the Virtual Power Plant. In Massachusetts it seems that the end user can reap substantial monetary rewards. I saw one video that claimed he had received $2000 in one year, and that wasn't even the point of the video. In California, Elon...

Those are two different products from JuiceNet/Enel-X. As I understand it, there are three products from Enel-X. The original JuicePoints is able to suppress my charging when they bid for Demand Response events from the utility. You get the $0.001 worth of JuicePoints. Enel-X gets something for...

The charging events, and Tesla VPP, are both Demand Response. You can look at California to see their plan. This isn't in the face of impending blackout. A predicted rolling blackout would actually trigger StormWatch, and allow your Powerwall to charge from the grid. This VPP is to relieve the...

I think that is the nature of the Tesla VPP. It becomes a Power Plant, utilizing your batteries. Something similar has occurred for years with my JuiceBox smart grid EV charging station. The local utility makes a "demand", and Enel-X provides "Demand Response" by suppressing charging during the...