Garrett Fitzgerald, Sr Director, Electrification at SEPA gave this presentation at the PNW Utility Roundtable on December 09, 2021.

1. Clean + Modern Grid
Utility Business Models | Regulatory Innovation | Grid Integration | Transportation Electrification
Q4 PNW Round Table
December 2021
Regulatory and Business Innovation | Grid Integration | Electrification

2. Who Are We?
A membership
organization
Staff of ~50
Based in
Washington, D.C.
Unbiased
Founded in 1992
Research,
Education,
Collaboration &
Standards
No Advocacy –
501c3
Technology
Agnostic

3. Mission
To facilitate the electric power
industry's smart transition to a
clean and modern energy future.
Vision
A carbon-free energy system by 2050

4. SEPA Research & Education
Research Reports
Webinars
Advisory Services
Workshops
Conferences

5. Collaborative teams
of member SMEs
addressing important
industry issues
Working Groups
Grid Architecture
Microgrids
Testing and
Certification
Transactive Energy
Coordination
Cybersecurity
Community Solar
Energy Storage
Electric Vehicle

6. Pathways
Grid Integration
Enables carbon-free energy to be easily integrated with
positive impact to affordability, equity, safety, security,
reliability, resilience, and customer satisfaction.
Electrification
Facilitates the transition of the nation’s vehicles and buildings to
be powered by carbon-free electricity.
Regulatory and Business Innovation
Facilitates sustainable utility business models and the state
regulatory processes needed to achieve a carbon-free energy
future.

7. Market Trends

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10% of global passenger car sales are electric

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Q3 sales put US EVs over one million
EV sales jumped by nearly 60% while overall car sales fell by 13% in 2021

10. Key metrics in EV adoption in the United States
Annual Sales
• 300,000 electric LDVs sold in 2020
• 310,000 sold in 2021 as of August – likely to hit
400,000 by end of year ~4% of annual car sales
• 17M gas vehicles sold annually
EV Charging Deployment
• 37,000 L2 (public)
• 17,000 DCFC
• Biden called for 500,000 by 2030
EV Model Availability
• 19 fully electric models available today
• Expect 130 models by 2026, offered by 43 brands.
• 8 electric pickup models expected by 2023
Source: 1) RMI, 2021 ; EVadaption, 2021, PEW Research Center, 2021

11. Vehicle to Grid (V2G, V2H, V2L) – getting closer
The Nissan Leaf is currently the only mass production EV on the market to support bi-directional
charging today. But many OEMS are making announcements to support some form of V2X soon
Ford Intelligent Power can use the
truck to power homes during high-
cost, peak-energy hours.
Ford is also teaming up with Sunrun,
to facilitate easy installation of the 80-
amp Ford Charge Station Pro and
home PV system.
GMC Hummer EVs Power Station Generator
onboard bi-directional charger can export 25 amps
of AC current.
From 2022 onwards, new electric vehicle models
from VW will support bi-directional charging.
Hyundai, Kia and Lucid all have future vehicles that the companies say will
include this capability.
Rivian has also highlighted their Vehicle to Load
and Vehicle to Vehicle Charging

12. Guide to Utility Program
Development
Designing a new managed charging program can be
difficult for utilities, especially if they do not have any
previous experience.
To assist utilities in their efforts, SEPA recently
published a report entitled, Managed Charging
Incentive Design: Guide to Utility Development.
● Six-step managed charging program design process
● Detailed case study featuring Baltimore Gas and
Electric (BGE) and Potomac Electric Power Holdings
(PHI)
● Analysis of forty managed charging programs and
insights from twenty utility interviews
● Actionable recommendations

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Market Research Approach
Pulled relevant findings from existing SEPA publications and conducted additional desk
research.
Utility
Interviews
Conducted interviews with 20 utilities that have completed and/or are facilitating
ongoing managed charging programs.
Data
Collection
Collected data on incentive sizes across 40 managed charging programs to
understand the range of incentive values used in other programs.
Desk
Research

14. Rebates, or enrolment and participation

15. Incentive offered in year one (average)

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A variety of approaches and incentive structures

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Six step process for program design

18. Key Learnings & Program Recommendations

19. Electric Vehicle Managed
Charging is Evolving
Explore how utilities can optimize managed
charging programs based on survey results, 7
case studies, and a guide to solution providers.
● Survey results from 51 utilities with managed charging programs
● Recommendations for program design, rollout, implementation,
and evolution
● Six utility-led case studies and one customer fleet initiated
managed charging program.
● Early observations of the impacts of COVID on EV charging
● Trends in EVSE and Network Service Providers (NSP)
● Appendix containing a comprehensive guide to utility managed
charging programs, EVSE vendors and NSP providers

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Passive → Event Based → Continuous

21. |
Increasing utility benefit

22. |
Customer participation uncertainty is high
Barriers to Implementing a Managed Charging Program – Utility Perspective

23. |
Consensus around protocol is desired
Industry Activities That Would Facilitate Program Implementation – Utility Perspective

24. |
COVID 19
Earlier plug-in
time
Delayed unplug
time
3-5 hours of
increased dwell
time

25. |
COVID 19 – work from home matters
Less charging overall
Charging is spread out

26. |
Seven Managed Charging Case Studies

27. Vendor Landscape Review: 90+ Vendors

28. 20+ pages of Vendor and Program Details
Appendix A: Utility-Run Managed Charging Programs
Appendix B: EVSE Manufacturers with Managed Charging-Capabilities
Appendix C: NSPs with Managed Charging-Capabilities

29. Strategic
Planning
This planning framework provides a simple
and easy-to-navigate resource for utilities to
use as they begin defining a utility-specific
strategic plan.
The framework employs a sequenced
approach to planning, beginning with
defining the utility’s role and objectives and
ending with program design
recommendations.

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Planning Framework – Available Jan 2022

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Additional SEPA Resources for TE Planning

35. Contact
Garrett Fitzgerald
Sr Director, Electrification
Gfitzgerald@sepapower.org