Karl Popham, Electric Vehicles and Emerging Technologies Manager at Austin Energy, gave this presentation at Forth's Utility Working Group webinar on November 6, 2018.

1. © 2018 Austin Energy
Why Should Utilities Invest
in Transportation
Electrification?
Karl Popham
Manager, Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technology
November 2018

2. 1st Place
Utility of the Year
Austin SHINES Leadership Team
Grant AwardGrant Award
Grant Award
Utility of the Year
Electric Vehicles & Emerging Tech Team

3. Austin Energy’s Strategic Goals

4. ERCOT EV Scenario Analysis
1,600,000 EVs by 2031
which will be 20% of the
total passenger vehicles
in Texas today?
-Source ERCOT 2016 Long-Term System
Assessment (LTSA) Scenario Assumptions
Texas ERCOT Long-Term System Assessment

5. ERCOT EV Scenario Analysis
What could 20% growth mean to Austin in Yr. 2031?
• $128,000,000/year new e-fuel revenue
• 320,000 EVs
• 1,280,000 MWh of new load per year
• 19,200 MWh of energy storage capacity
*based on 12,000 miles @ 4,000kWh/yr x $.10/kWh
1,600,000 EVs by 2031
which will be 20% of the
total passenger vehicles
in Texas today?
-Source ERCOT 2016 Long-Term System
Assessment (LTSA) Scenario Assumptions
Texas ERCOT Long-Term System Assessment

6. Fueling an Electric Vehicle – “Right-Sizing”
LEVEL 1:
$100 per plug/port
and in many cases
already available
LEVEL 2:
$1,800 per port (home)
$4,500 per port (public)
Dcfast:
$150,000 per port
DEPLOYMENT COST
1 kW
6 kW
50-
125
kW
150-
300
kW
8-12 hours
2-4 hours
5-20 minutes

7. DCFast Enables High Mileage Adoption
High-mileage applications require adequate DCFast
• Taxi fleets
• “Gig economy” to include ride-share and delivery services
• Intercity corridor travel
• The future of autonomous mobility

8. A Typical DC Fast Charging Hub
Example: 8 DCFast Stations is a new commercial customer that can
generate high Demand (450+ kW) on small footprints (1,000sf).

9. City Fleet – 330 EV rollout plan over 3.5 years
• City Fleet EV plan expected to save
the city $3.5M Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) over 10 years
• Over their 10 year lifetime, 330 EVs
will avoid 12,000 metric tons of
Carbon Dioxide

10. Austin Energy 2027 Goals
900 950 30 0
65% MW MW MW CO2
Offset 65% of
customer
load with
renewable
resources
900 MW of
savings
from energy
efficiency
and demand
response
750 MW utility-
scale solar + 200
MW local solar,
including 100
MW customer-
sited PV
Net zero
community-
wide GHG
emissions by
2050
10 MW
storage
and 20
MW
thermal
energy
storage
*All subject to meeting Affordability Goals:
<2% rate increase per year; AE rates in lower half of Texas utilities

11. What does Net-zero in 2050 Mean?
Austin’s Net-Zero Roadmap
Source: Austin Office of Sustainability

12. Batteries getting bigger; 60-80kWh
With increased range, one EV is moving to 10x the capacity of
a single residential storage system.
What could 320,000 EVs
battery packs look like?
19,200 MWh or 1,600 MW

15. EVs as a Grid Asset
Utility Scale Energy
Storage + PV
Commercial Energy
Storage + PV
Residential Energy
Storage + PV
Illustrative
DER Management
Platform

16. Residential Program
• EV360 Time of Use (TOU) pilot
underway – “$30/month home &
away”
• Tiered Level 2 rebate - $1,200/$900
based on WiFi enabled

17. Outreach

19. 100% Texas Wind
$4.17/mo
or
$2.00/hr
700+
Ports

20. Grant Funding Provided By:
“EVs are for EVeryone” Program

21. Public Transit

22. “Austin, should be to automated vehicles what
Detroit was to the last century of automakers.”
–Mayor Steve Adler

23. Thank You
Karl Popham
Manager, Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies
Austin Energy
www.pluginAustin.com &
austinenergy.com/go/shines
Karl.Popham@austinenergy.com
www.linkedin.com/in/karlpopham/
Thank You!