Category Archives: Utility

Streetside EV Charging coming to Seattle

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Back in the mid 2010’s I drove a Nissan LEAF for my solar estimating and canvassing work. It had a nice graphic wrap and was great advertising for the electrified future!

An Igloo cooler submerged streetside. It held an extension cord plug for the EV!

There were no public charging options near my apartment building. In 2017 I wrote a blog post about costs to charge an electric car.

Since the 2010’s we have seen many customized streetside solutions. EV owners running electricity to the curb themselves.

This year Seattle City Light plans to install a Level 2 charger just 3 blocks from my apartment building. I wish it were closer but it’s a “start” – pun intended!

Here is the recently announced list of new EV charging locations. Can’t wait to see it happen in upper Fremont!

Folks have had to get creative!
This block in Fremont will soon have an EV charging station.
Things could be improved.

Demand for Solar will soon outpace WA State’s Cash Incentive offer

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Solar above Tacoma Narrows

Wanting some solar? A new WA State Incentive program was launched October 2017.

The plan was to have a four year offer, until the $110-150M was maxed out.

Yet…

July 2018 status report by WSU Energy Program shows the program is almost 75% subscribed. Seattle City Light is over 50% full, and PSE is 65%. PSE is the state’s largest electric utility.

The offer of cash paid for solar kWhs will end once capacity of your utility or the state program monetary cap is reached, whichever comes first.

The rate of solar adoption since Oct 2017 is quicker than expected.