D10 - Solutions for Maintaining Grid Reliability While Accelerating Transportation Electrification

As the electricity and transportation sectors converge, Vehicle Grid Integrated (“VGI”) solutions can alleviate one of the biggest challenges of transportation electrification - an electric grid that is severely constrained by a lack of transmission and distribution ("T&D") capacity. Studies show that it will cost billions of dollars and take decades to build out the capacity to support a robust network of EV charging stations and other electric vehicle supply equipment ("EVSE") using conventional methods (like building new transformers and substations). In the meantime, the growing demand for electricity from EVs will exacerbate the existing grid constraints and raise reliability concerns if not addressed. This poster demonstrates how innovative VGI solutions like battery-integrated EVSE can defer or even eliminate certain T&D upgrades to significantly reduce the timeline and costs associated with transportation electrification in both urban and rural areas.