Pathway 4.

Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Transportation → Light-Duty Vehicles

4.2.11 Using EVs as a Grid Resource

11 Resources Found, Displaying 1 thru 10

Virginia’s Transportation Electrification Planning Legislation

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Requires the State Corporation Commission to develop a statewide transportation electrification plan by 2022, considering issues of equity and access, rate design, utility charging infrastructure investments, and more.

Montgomery County MD Electric School Bus Agreement

Jurisdiction: Local Governments

Agreement between school board and EV provider to provide electric bus fleet, which will in turn serve as a grid resource.

RAP Report, Start with Smart

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities, State Public Utility Commissions

Outlines policies that can promote the use of EVs on the grid, and even as a grid resource, such as dedicated EV tariffs and time-varying pricing.

Report, Getting to 20 Million EVs by 2030: Opportunities for the Electricity Industry in Preparing for an EV Future

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, Public Utilities, State Public Utility Commissions

Provides an assessment of the investments needed across the electric power sector to support the deployment of 20 million EVs in the U.S. by 2030 with a focus on EV charging infrastructure.

California Vehicle-Grid Integration Final report (2020)

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions

A CPUC-convened Working Group report to address value of Vehicle-Grid Integration and supportive policies.

ConEd Electric School Bus V2G Demonstration Project

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities, State Public Utility Commissions

A demonstration project using electric school bus batteries as grid assets.

New York’s EV and EV Supply Equipment Proceeding

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities, State Public Utility Commissions

Public Service Proceeding to consider the role of electric utilities in providing infrastructure and rate designs to accommodate the needs and electricity demands of EVs and EV supply equipment.

Los Angeles Air Force Base Vehicle-to-Grid Pilot

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies, Regional Transmission Organizations

Found that the Base could make revenue on ancillary services markets with the dispatchable fleet of EV batteries, but lost money overall due to CAISO fees.

Report, Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Roadmap: Enabling vehicle-based grid services

Jurisdiction: Regional Transmission Organizations

Outlined a high-level statewide plan for California to ensure charging is coordinated with grid conditions and the ability for aggregation of EVs to respond to grid operator signals.

Hawaii Vehicle-to-Grid Study

Jurisdiction: State Agencies, Private Entities

Concluded that a simplistic approach where an EV is discharged and charged without consideration of battery degradation is not economically viable because of battery life implications, but an approach guided by a smart control algorithm might be.