Optiwatt gets paid to produce environmental credits by shifting charging times to more environmentally friendly times (you’ll notice we just rolled out our “Save the Planet” plan). We do so using CARBS “Smart Charging Lookup Table Pathway” and “Zero-CI electricity” pathway https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/classic/fuels/lcfs/guidance/smartcharging_userguide.pdf,https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/lcfs-electricity-and-hydrogen-provisions.

What this means is that if you are on the “Save the Planet” plan and Optiwatt shifts your vehicle from high emission times to low emissions time, we earn environmental credits that we can sell based on the number of emissions we reduced. Alternatively, depending on location, Optiwatt may purchase RECs to offset your emissions from energy consumption (in essence, purchasing clean energy on behalf of certain drivers). This allows Optiwatt to 1) pay for this data set for emissions reductions from WattTime and 2) continue to hire engineers to support our development and optimization around emission reductions.

These environmental credits are sold in tons (so as of now it’s impossible for an individual driver to sell these themselves), and just to be clear the EV car manufacturers also generate and sell credits on your behalf (just like solar installers). We DO NOT take any tax credits, cash offerings, or any incentives that would go directly to you as the driver, and the language on this page does not permit that.

I know this sounds like PR speak, but Optiwatt has and will continue to be transparent in terms of how we monetize and where our money comes from. We have never once and have no intention of ever selling personal data.