Utility definitions

Demand for electricity increases on hot summer days and cold winter days.  These periods of high demand can strain the grid, raising electricity costs, and potentially causing brownouts or black outs. Utilities manage these high load periods with “demand response” (DR) programs that create incentives for their customers to reduce or shift their electricity use…

Demand charges are part of many commercial and industrial electricity bills and are based on the highest amount of power (kW) consumed over a 15-30 minute period during a customer’s monthly billing period. Some utilities charge customers very high costs per kW for these periods of highest use. These customers can reduce the demand charges…

Bidirectional charging can be either in front of the meter or behind the meter. If a bidirectional charger is installed in front of the meter, there is a new service connection to the broader utility grid so electricity discharged from the EV battery can be fed back to the utility’s circuit directly to be consumed…

Fermata Energy has installations across the United States and Canada. Utilities are quickly adding programs and rate structures that enable lucrative earnings with V2X/V2G. Contact us at info@fermataenergy.com to find out if your utility has a program that you might be able to participate in. Some of the utilities that currently V2X/V2G earnings in their service territories, include: California: LADWP, PG&E,…