With electricity availability on the rapid decline due to the conversion of vehicles from gas to electric, many electricity grids are now at risk of collapsing. To mitigate this, some now have the power to switch off people's home electric vehicle (EV) chargers whenever the system gets too overloaded.
In Australia, the Queensland Electricity Connection Manual (QECM), which provides a framework for the region's grid operation, states in Section 8 a proposal to have EV charging equipment limited or shut off entirely by operators Ergon Energy and Energex, these being distributed network service providers or DNSPs, for connected with an output of more than 20 amps.
To put this into perspective, a standard domestic single-phase EV charger utilizes 32 amps of energy, meaning chargers with even less amps could be reduced or cut off in an instant should energy providers determine that such an action is needed to protect the grid.
AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior 0 points 9 months ago
You'd have to be an absolute retard to buy an electric car.
If NetZero 2030 keeps going ahead, we won't have lights on in our houses, let alone power to recharge an electric car.