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To: ryanaka who wrote (1169170)	10/7/2019 6:33:07 PM
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They say that when the people lead, the leaders will follow, = 4 Takeaways From Amazon’s Huge Electric Delivery Van Order Will 100,000 plugged-in delivery vans break the grid? No, but the Amazon-Rivian deal does pose questions for utilities. ” Even if this scenario were to occur, an additional 2 gigawatts during peak periods would not create significant strain on wholesale markets across the U.S., especially as these vehicles would likely do most of their charging at night, when wind power is more abundant and power demand is typically at its lowest. Yet while the wholesale market can accommodate 2 gigawatts of additional demand, even a fraction of that demand could exceed the local capacity available to individual sites (i.e., the distribution grid near fleet depots). Increased demand at depot facilities could necessitate extensive electrical service upgrades for the local network. The severity of this challenge could range from a head-scratcher — a warehouse next to a underloaded substation taking on 10 vehicles (or 200 kilowatts of potential demand) — to a migraine — a fulfillment center in an urban center requiring 200 vehicles or 4 megawatts of worst-case scenario load in an already-congested location.” greentechmedia.com