The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[biotech_researcher]

"As you pointed out the vehicle charging periods would be during what is now 'off peak' so there would be a leveling of the peak but it would be thru raising the valley rather than lowering the peak"

That is why the electric utilities are excited for this. Their assets are under utilized at night. Not sure where your solar piece entered the equation. The environmental emission profile of today's combined cycle gas turbine plant is much lower than all the emissions from extracting, refining, and delivering gasoline.