Saving the Grid by Paying EV Charging Customers

An influential think tank says “financial incentives” for EV owners to charge during off-hours could save the grid. And it breaks it down to the penny.

Local and regional electric utility companies across the U.S. continue to grapple with the impact on the grid of Electric Vehicle charging, with particular worry about destabilizing it during high peak hours. 

And while some utilities have toyed with the idea of making it dirt cheap to charge EVs during less intense overnight hours, a new think tank stud…