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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Purveyors of EVs would have a new public-policy rationale backing up their market. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately. Grid-stabilization functions were reborn as “ancillary services.”

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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California is abusing their waiver authority and its status as the largest market in the United States to force this change on all Americans. We have a free market; therefore if Americans truly wanted to make the switch to electric vehicles, then they would buy them — no government interference necessary.