California Backup Power Plan: Drain EV Batteries

As the Democrats running California continue to wage the progressive War on Energy, the rolling blackouts associated with Gavin Newsom’s rule will become more frequent, because no amount of other people’s money will make wind and solar reliable. At least they have a backup plan. Too bad it is insane:
California’s largest electric utility PG&E wants to suck the batteries of electric-vehicle owners plugged into charging stations to stabilize the grid during unstable periods. The Ford F-150 already allows for bidirectional charging, but that was sold as a benefit to the owner as a kind of independent generator for households during blackouts. PG&E wants to use it to commandeer all EV batteries and use their power to prevent grid collapse.

https://abc7news.com/electric-vehicle-ev-pge-power-outages/13620139/

Bidirectional charging functionality will add an estimated $3,700 to the already excessive cost of EVs, as well as shorten their lifespan. No worries; the government can just provide more subsidies.
This will not be voluntarily:
Lawmakers in Sacramento are helping to move things along. For example, Senate Bill 233 would make bi-directional charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles.
As with Biden’s attack on gas generators, the objective is to prevent independence. We need to be completely reliant on the grid; then they can not only deny us energy but confiscate the energy we have already acquired.
Our rulers want us driving unreliable, dangerous, and combustion-prone electric vehicles because they do not want us driving any vehicles. When it all hits the fan — and it will, if Democrats get any more entrenched — they will need to deprive us of transportation to prevent organized resistance.
Newsom has signed an executive order banning non-electric vehicles by 2035.
“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end,” said Leonardo da Vinci. We will soon be past the easy part.

 

 

Energy Secretary Granholm touts California's green grid as Gov. Newsom scrambles to stop blackouts
California relies heavily on fossil fuels to stay afloat amid rolling blackouts.
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting California to “highlight” it as the Biden administration's beacon of green energy success, even though Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom may soon be purchasing energy due to a short supply.
In an announcement, DOE revealed Granholm is touring the Golden State Thursday and Friday as the White House furthers its “commitment” to phasing out fossil fuels. The agency praised California for being a leading state in the push for net-zero emissions.
But in positioning California as a model for a green energy future, DOE does not mention the state’s constant efforts to keep its energy grid from collapsing.
As of late, California has faced rolling blackouts and come close to more on several occasions, specifically during summer when air conditioner use is high.
Last year’s heat wave was especially notable: Residents of California were urged by the grid operators to set their thermostats to 78 degrees, stop using large electronics, turn off house lights and stop charging electric cars.
Days prior to the advisory, California banned the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035.
Newsom has apparently been scrambling behind the scenes to keep California’s grid up-and-running. His most recent idea to prevent more rolling blackouts is to purchase enough clean energy by paying private companies to build their own renewable power plants.
California currently has until 2045 to create 148,000 megawatts of new clean power in order to achieve its aggressive climate goal of having "100% clean electricity" by then.
Just last month, Newsom bragged that the state’s power grid is “halfway” to operating exclusively on clean energy.