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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Yes and no. Firstly, everyone will not charge their cars at the same time. There's lots of data already and that will not be the case. Secondly, it's literally the most flexible demand we have. Research shows even a small incentive gets big results for moving charging to off peak

https://twitter.com/user/status/1748206332308844842

https://twitter.com/user/status/1748206333617414561

We literally just had a warning about lowering electricity usage during a cold snap and one of the suggestions was to tell people to stop plugging in block warmers and other things. It's not unreasonable to say adding a million EVs rapidly could strain the existing power grid system. But by the time we add that many EVs, I assume we would have also upgraded the power grid system a bit as well.

But the truth is probably in the middle. By the time we adopt 1 million EVs, I assume we would have also spent the time to upgrade the grid to be able to handle the addition of 1 million EVs. Both side IMO are too extreme. I don't believe that it's unreasonable to believe that at certain points during an Alberta cold snap, more than half to 3/4+ EVs are all simultaneously plugged in to deal with the reduced range and warming required for EVs during that cold snap causing significant peak spikes. But I also believe that the grid could be upgraded to handle those peak spikes a bit better by the time we add those 1 million EVs in about 6 years.

I don't think it's also unreasonable to assume that during a cold snap, 70-80% of those additional 1 million EVs are always plugged in to address lowered range etc. during an Alberta cold snap. But again, I'd assume the grid could be upgraded to handle that.