March 24-27, 2025 | Dallas, Texas

Transportation Electrification

Electric vehicles, both residential and fleets, present near and long-term challenges for transmission and distribution utilities, including hardware integration, system planning, and managed charging. This topic will cover how transportation electrification impacts the grid, as well as the solutions available to ease and facilitate the transition.

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featured sessions

PGE harnesses bi-directional EV charging for grid optimization in fire-risk zones

March 25 | 11:00-11:50 AM | C3

Join us to explore the technical, operational, and customer engagement insights from this groundbreaking initiative, and discover how PGE is laying the groundwork for a more resilient, flexible, and customer-centric energy future.


 

featured sessions

Grid planning for rapid EV growth with Xcel Energy

March 25 | 10:00-10:50 AM | C1

Panelists from the Department of Energy (DOE), Kevala, Xcel Energy, and NREL will share innovative strategies for forecasting grid upgrades, managing costs, and ensuring equitable access to charging infrastructure. Join us to discover how these pioneering insights can empower utilities to effectively manage future EV demand, optimize infrastructure investments, and lead the transition to a resilient and equitable electric grid.


 

Transportation electrification educational opportunities

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10:00 AM
  1. C3
    50 mins
    As transportation electrification accelerates, utilities need for seamless integration between grid infrastructure and energy management solutions becomes critical. This session explores how Advanced …
  2. C2
    50 mins
    As utilities explore how to manage the demand growth from electric vehicle (EV) charging, many are realizing that EVs are a blind spot. They’re not sure where the EVs are on their grids, much less the …
  3. C1
    50 mins
    As the adoption of electric vehicles accelerates, utilities face the critical task of integrating charging infrastructure with grid upgrades to meet rising electricity demands. This session unveils gr …
11:00 AM
  1. C1
    50 mins
    Residential customers with a 100-amp service who are considering the purchase of an EV often trigger distribution service panel, wire, and transformer upgrades. The costs of these upgrades can amount …
  2. C2
    50 mins
    As EV adoption increases, the challenge of integrating the charging load is increasingly focused on managing the impacts on the distribution system. A recent Department of Energy study focused on prep …
  3. C3
    50 mins
    Portland General Electric (PGE) is pioneering the introduction of bi-directional EV charging in its innovative V2X Demonstration Project. This project explores the potential of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) a …
12:00 PM
  1. Hall F
    60 mins
    Join us for the Connections Lunch, designed to help you connect with fellow attendees over shared interests. Taking place on the exhibit hall floor, this lunch provides a chance to engage in meaningfu …
2:00 PM
  1. Grid Edge Technologies Knowledge Hub- Booth #2041, Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    In this session we will discuss the challenges arising from the increase in Electric Vehicle adoption and what that means for utilities. We will explore what utilities are doing to understand their cu …
3:00 PM
  1. C143/ 149
    50 mins
    As the world transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), utilities are facing unprecedented challenges in ensuring reliable and sustainable charging infrastructure. The rapid growth of electric vehicle ad …
4:15 PM
  1. Innovative and Emerging Technologies Knowledge Hub- Booth #4733, Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    When Enel X shut down its network, customers with JuiceBox chargers were left stranded, facing significant efforts to replace or reconfigure their systems. This disruption could have been avoided if t …
9:00 AM
  1. C1
    50 mins
    Utilities are constantly faced with a challenge of competing timelines in managing EV charging demand. On the one hand, you have the speed of electrification of transportation, driven by policymakers, …
  2. C3
    50 mins
    As electric vehicles reach mass-market adoption, the industry is at a critical point of addressing the current barriers and challenges associated with managed charging and vehicle-grid integration (VG …
  3. C2
    50 mins
    Even as electric vehicle sales continue to rise – 20% year on year, per the latest projections –  utilities are struggling to roll out the EV charging infrastructure needed to meet demand and enable t …
10:00 AM
  1. C2
    50 mins
    Most utility EV load management programs and technology solutions focus on single-family residential customers. However, charging at commercial facilities and with fleets generally results in higher d …
  2. C3
    50 mins
    Electric power demand is surging at a pace not seen since the electrification of homes, with increasingly localized needs putting pressure on an already constrained grid. Utilities face a critical cha …
  3. C1
    50 mins
    The penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown rapidly in the U.S. Many states have set ambitious EV adoption goals. Additionally, the increased adoption of EVs will help reduce the transportati …
11:00 AM
  1. C1
    50 mins
    As the demand for public EV charging continues to grow, selecting the right locations and designing cost-effective, future-proofed insfrastructure is critical to maximizing utilization and return on i …
  2. C2
    50 mins
    As the number of electric vehicles continues to increase, smart charge management (SCM) solutions can enable the use of electric vehicles as a grid asset to improve overall grid efficiencies and defer …
  3. C3
    50 mins
    There are plenty of arguments that EV charging infrastructure should be left to the private sector. But after a decade of charging infrastructure deployment and operational experience, do the argument …
11:45 AM
  1. Hall F
    75 mins
    Join us for the Connections Lunch, designed to help you connect with fellow attendees over shared interests. Taking place on the exhibit hall floor, this lunch provides a chance to engage in meaningfu …
1:00 PM
  1. C147/ 154
    50 mins
    A lively and informative session that brings together leading experts in Virtual Power Plants (VPP), Vehicle-to-Home (V2H), and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to discuss and debate the realities …
9:00 AM
  1. C2
    50 mins
    By 2030, there will be over 26 million electric vehicles (EVs) on U.S. roads, driving a significant increase in peak household electricity demand from at-home charging. This surge presents challenges …
  2. C1
    50 mins
    US electric vehicle (EV) adoption is surging, with no signs of slowing down. One major concern for utilities like Duke Energy is the health and performance of individual distribution transformers, giv …

 

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