In Chicago area for anyone wondering using the Walmart charging network. This is about ~13% capacity, wasn’t really low started charging at about 70%.

  • sinwell@infosec.pubEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I don’t know but would guess the official answer is something like:

    secondary market arbitrage potential exacerbates existing problems such as power theft / meter fraud, bootleg electrical work, unregistered grid ties, etc.

    But tbh my very first thought was landlord abuse

    Edit: and FWIW what you’re describing sounds more like a service, like offering facilities for rent, than an illegal secondary energy market

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I wonder if this applies to something like an off grid solar car charging setup.

      I know the panel and weather requirements are hard to work around, maybe once salt or solid state batteries bring storage costs down we could have modular containers that could be dropped all through the desert or at gas stations and parking lots.

      • sinwell@infosec.pubEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Off-grid part surely bumps the question into fruit stand territory (not a lawyer)

        But decentralized energy storage is a foregone conclusion once you accept that the most abundant source of energy isn’t diurnal