I’m not talking about the bill you get each month from the electric company. I’m talking about the bill to upgrade and repair the damage from too many electric cars plugged in at home.
In a quote from a major utilities trade group, “Blown transformers, neighborhood blackouts and other problems could emerge”. These problems will occur as we add more and more load to our existing ageing and stressed electric grid.
If you have listened to the news over the past few years, you have heard of the money and energy we can save by changing out a few light bulbs and lowering your thermostat. Buy some more insulation and change out the old windows in your house. All these changes work great and I heartily agree with saving energy.
BUT
As you save energy, your new neighbors and your children are building homes of their own. They want electricity and they demand electricity just as their parents home have. More and more people are using electricity and stressing the network that delivers power to your home and business.
Add to this mix, the demand to re-fuel an electric car. The power you use to re-fuel your electric car is cheaper than gasoline, the power for the batteries coming from household electric lines can stress your homes electrical wiring. Put a bunch of these cars in one neighborhood, and you have a formula for a blackout.
