Massachusetts begins paying EV owners to feed battery power back to grid

Massachusetts launched a program allowing electric vehicle owners to earn incentives by sending stored battery power back to the grid during peak demand, marking an early commercial deployment of vehicle-to-grid technology.

First covered Jul 23, 2026 · 5:30 AM PT · 2 articles · no longer in the live window

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Coverage

65d Electrek Massachusetts wants to pay EV drivers for their battery power — Some Massachusetts EV owners will soon be able to earn incentives for sending electricity from their car batteries back to the grid when demand spikes.

65d Heatmap News Exclusive: Massachusetts EV Owners Can Now Get Paid to Power the Grid — When energy experts imagine the grid of the future, they often dream of millions of electric vehicles moonlighting as mobile power banks, using their hefty…

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Discussion

Bluesky: @kbrigham.bsky.social Katie Brigham · 65d ago · 18 ♥ The dream of feeding power back onto the grid from EVs has long remained stubbornly out of reach. Now, Massachusetts is running a new pilot program to make it a reality. @kbrigham.bsky.social has the exclusive: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

Appeared in: 2026-07-23 (#1) · 2026-07-24 (#2)

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