If plug-in hybrid vehicles proliferate as expected, utilities will be able to handle the added power demand without building new plants or straining transmission power grids as long as owners plug in overnight, the New York grid manager said in a report issued on Monday.
“If New York motorists start plugging in significant numbers of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), we will see new demands on the grid,” said Stephen Whitley, president of the New York Independent System Operator.
Fully electric vehicles and PHEVs are expected to increase power demand in New York state, the area covered by NYISO, some 2 percent by 2030, the NYISO report showed.
“However, if deployed with technology and incentives to encourage favorable charging patterns, PHEVs can offer valuable new ways to store electricity produced in off-peak periods,” Whitley said of his staff’s report. “That energy storage potential could enhance the grid’s use of wind power.”
via Plug-in autos charged overnight OK for grid | Green Business | Reuters.
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