If I’m not charging my car battery with solar panels, is there an environmental benefit to participating in the program?
Yes, it often equates to fewer fossil fuels burned by utilities.
Demand Response (DR) events occur when the grid is overloaded. During these events, utilities often resort to fossil fuels like natural gas or perhaps even oil-fired generators to meet the needs of grid users.
When you respond to a DR event by discharging power from your EV, you help to avoid turning on another expensive, fossil fuel resource.
With the Bidirectional Energy app, you can see exactly how much carbon you removed from the atmosphere every time you participate in a DR event.