Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion
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California's EV goal could cost taxpayers $20 BILLION in power grid updates to meet demand by 2045, study reveals
The upgrades are due to requiring an additional 25 gigawatts of power, which is equivalent to more than 62 million solar panels. Scientists found Californians will also have to pay the $20 billion bill.
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Researchers: California must spend up to $20B on grid upgrades if it wants EVs
(The Center Square) - California must spend up to $20 billion on transmission line upgrades to support energy transfers to electric vehicles, according to a new Berkeley study. This figure does not include grid stress from further electrification efforts away from gas appliances, and could prove to be significantly higher. The study’s author estimates that by 2035, 50% of “feeder” transmission lines will be “overloaded by EV charging demand,” a figure that will grow to 67% by...
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To Meet Electric Vehicle Goals, California Must Spend $20 Billion on Grid Updates
Isn't California broke? I seem to remember that the impeccably coiffed Governor Newsom had, at last report, managed to take a state with a comfortable budget surplus and convert that to a staggering deficit. That makes it a bit of a head-scratcher when they adopt policies like cutting off the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in favor of electric vehicles (EV).