Comment on Tesla paid Powerwall owners $10 million through virtual power plants

• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  IDK the Tesla terms, and this kind of arrangement is new where I live.
  We just get market price for the power. And that varies a lot and can even go negative. Last year our average price was about 4 cent, but I’m guessing those deals lending your battery capacity have better prices?

  For us the value of using the power from the battery ourselves is way better, as the average total price here for using the grid is almost 30 cent, because cost of using the grid ( transportation of the electricity ) and taxes are added to the market price of the electricity when we buy.

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• reattach@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This new version of the Tesla Virtual Power Plant actually compensates Powerwall owners $2 per kWh that they contribute to the grid during emergency load reduction events. Homeowners are expected to get between $10 and $60 per event.

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  • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So even taking into account the cost of degradation the homeowners still make a prophet.

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    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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