Building Smart Utility Solutions Electric Vehicles Fact and Fiction Presented to Presented by: Dale Pennington UtiliWorks Consulting
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions Qualifications National Award Recognition for Clients Department of Energy SGIG Grants AMI Smart Grid Project of the Year Expert Testimony for CPUC/DRA and UCAN in San Diego Present at Major Conferences for AMI/Smart Grid Industry Publications AMI/Smart Grid and Related Technology Experts AMI Business Process Improvement Cost Modeling & Benefit Analysis
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions UtiliWorks was present for the City of San Marcos, TX 2009 Distributech AMI Project of the Year Award The City of San Marcos, TX also received the 2010 Smart Grid Project of the Year Award at CS Week UtiliWorks and the City of Ruston, LA received the 2010 POWERGRID International (formerly Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Magazine) Smart Grid Project of the Year Award The City of Ruston, LA and the Town of Danvers, MA were selected to receive funding from the DOE SGIG grants late October National Recognition
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions What is a Smart Grid? Source: EPRI
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions Major OEMs introducing EVs to US Charge Location Battery Issues 26% of the market in 10 Years (includes hybrids) Source: Boston Consulting Group Electric Vehicle Preparation
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions “Smart Grid” Deployment Requirements Evaluate the technology Define very clear goals (how many cars charged each day) Perform a detailed cost benefit analysis that relates to all concerned parties
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions Key “Smart Grid” Questions Who pays for deployments that don’t perform? How are the benefits measured and reported? Is the project plan for deployment of equipment and technology realistic?
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UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions Electric Vehicle Facts Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are becoming the standard Prius is now offered as a PHEV for 2012 Volt is now offered as PHEV for 2012 PHEVs Eliminate Commuter’s “Out of Energy” fears
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions Electric Vehicle Facts Cont. Public Charging Stations may not be required PHEVs can be charged at home as needed PHEVs remove massive capital expense for additional infrastructure to support Electric Vehicles
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions The charging of Electric Vehicles will not put excessive strain on the system Electric Vehicle charging can and should be managed with technology and pricing policies
UtiliWorks © Copyright UtiliWorks 2011 Building Smart Utility Solutions We have the technology to observe changes in load from the charging of Electric Vehicles EV rate option/pricing programs can be used to affect consumer behavior Electric Vehicle Load Monitoring
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