Grid Integration

Charging Ahead: Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification

2024-01-23T15:34:34-05:00

This report provides a holistic, national-level examination of transportation electrification challenges that directly impact integrated distribution planning, and outlines how coordinated planning that addresses the largest grid challenges can help instill confidence in long-term plans.

Charging Ahead: Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification2024-01-23T15:34:34-05:00

Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale

2023-07-20T09:59:24-04:00

Building on the earlier ANSI EVSP work, this roadmap seeks to describe the current and desired future standardization landscape that will support and facilitate EVs at scale. It identifies key safety, performance, and interoperability issues, notes relevant published and in-development standards, and makes recommendations to address gaps in codes and standards. This includes recommending pre-standardization research and development (R&D) where needed. It also includes identification of prioritized timeframes for when standardization work should occur and SDOs or other organizations that may be able to lead such work.

Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale2023-07-20T09:59:24-04:00

Microgrids: Best Practices for Zero-Emission Bus Resiliency

2023-07-17T16:21:05-04:00

With the adoption of zero-emission buses increasing across the United States, transit agencies are faced with real challenges for future energy management and increasingly detrimental consequences in the event of utility grid outages. Microgrids, which are systems that use a variety of distributed energy resources and energy storage assets, provide numerous benefits over conventional approaches to resiliency. This report breaks down how microgrids not only ensure an uninterruptible power supply but will also work to offset utility costs as demand for and the cost of electricity increases in the coming decade. The top five high-level factors that transit agencies must consider for microgrids on a project-by-project basis, plus examples of real-world transit microgrid projects, are also included.

Microgrids: Best Practices for Zero-Emission Bus Resiliency2023-07-17T16:21:05-04:00

Strategies for beneficial electric vehicle charging to reduce peak electricity demand and store solar energy

2023-07-05T16:55:53-04:00

This paper applies models of electricity supply and demand under widespread BEV and photovoltaic (PV) adoption to conclude that overnight BEV charging can mitigate increases in evening peak electricity demand, workplace charging can reduce peak impacts and also better utilize PV generation, and BEV adoption needs to accelerate relative to PV installation to maximize co-benefits.

Strategies for beneficial electric vehicle charging to reduce peak electricity demand and store solar energy2023-07-05T16:55:53-04:00

Clean Buses for New York Kids

2021-04-07T12:50:27-04:00

Jobs to Move America (JMA) unveiled a new report about electric school bus technology and deployment, including policy recommendations for how New York can use a transition to electric school bus fleets to improve air quality for children while building a just recovery for working families.

Clean Buses for New York Kids2021-04-07T12:50:27-04:00

Best Practices for Commercial and Industrial EV Rates

2020-05-20T15:01:55-04:00

Traditional commercial and industrial (C&I) electricity rates can present a barrier to EV adoption by erasing the EV fuel cost savings relative to gasoline or diesel. This paper discusses strategies that can be used to design EV rates for the C&I sector that balance multiple objectives.

Best Practices for Commercial and Industrial EV Rates2020-05-20T15:01:55-04:00