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posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 13 2021, @02:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-shift-workers dept.

UK Proposes Law To Switch Off EV Home Chargers During Peak Hours:

The United Kingdom plans to pass legislation that will see EV home and workplace chargers being switched off at peak times to avoid blackouts.

Announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the proposed law stipulates that electric car chargers installed at home or at the workplace may not function for up to nine hours a day to avoid overloading the national electricity grid.

As of May 30, 2022, new home and workplace chargers being installed must be "smart" chargers connected to the internet and able to employ pre-sets limiting their ability to function from 8 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 10 pm. However, users of home chargers will be able to override the pre-sets should they need to, although it's not clear how often they will be able to do that.

[...] In addition to the nine hours a day of downtime, authorities will be able to impose a "randomized delay" of 30 minutes on individual chargers in certain areas to prevent grid spikes at other times.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by richtopia on Wednesday October 13 2021, @08:29PM (2 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Wednesday October 13 2021, @08:29PM (#1186762) Homepage Journal

    In Michigan you can get a discount on your AC by allowing DTE to disconnect the unit during high demand events.

    https://newlook.dteenergy.com/wps/wcm/connect/b837eccc-c328-438a-a21b-490801b018cd/CoolCurrentsFAQs.pdf?MOD=AJPERES [dteenergy.com]

    It disconnects for 15 minute intervals. Yea, the house warms up, but it isn't miserable. For an electric car, I would image the only time it becomes an issue is if you are completely depleting the battery before charging during a peak time event and you NEED ALL OF THE POWER. Maybe in that extreme situation you should drive to a L3 charger and pay some money.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @07:17AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @07:17AM (#1186908)

    For an electric car, I would image the only time it becomes an issue is if you are completely depleting the battery before charging during a peak time event and you NEED ALL OF THE POWER. Maybe in that extreme situation you should drive to a L3 charger and pay some money.

    I'm just going to leave this quote right here and see how long it takes you to see that might not work?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @11:47AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @11:47AM (#1186942)

      LOL. The other day I had a random thought and did a bit of research... If your gas-powered car runs out of fuel, the AAA will send someone with a gas can full of gas to pour into your tank. If your BEV runs out of chargs, they have to tow the car to a charging station. Quite a difference in convenience. Of course, I'm sure no BEV driver would ever miscalculate and run out of charge, even if the government does start playing games with when one can charge their car.