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Temporary cut to EV charging proposed to avert blackouts

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Andrew Forster
03 April 2018
Charging: blackout fears
Charging: blackout fears

 

Electric vehicle owners may have to accept temporary reductions in the rate of electric vehicle charging in order to prevent power outages in local electricity networks, one of Britain’s major electricity network operators is warning. 

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, one of Britain’s biggest electricity distribution network operators (DNOs), is consulting on what it calls an interim solution for emergency situations when local networks  are likely to fault...

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