Electric vehicles (EVs)
EEI
The Edison Electric Institute has ratcheted up its projections of U.S. electric vehicle adoption, and with it the number of charging ports and grid upgrades that will be needed.
Volvo Trucks
The New Jersey Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee advanced legislation that would require utilities to submit tariffs for commercial direct current fast chargers (DCFCs) and limit their ability to set their rates based on peak demand.
DOE
Virtual power plants could provide the same dispatchability and reliability as traditional centralized power plants, allowing customers to cut energy bills and emissions.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration’s CFI grants are spread across 29 states, the District of Columbia and eight tribal communities.
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New York is ordering electric utilities to plan for expected future demand from the clean energy transition and identify urgent infrastructure needs that already exist.
Chevrolet
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities awarded $3.4 million in grants to 18 proposals under a new program designed to help municipalities implement clean energy projects.
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NERC plans to create a task force to address the reliability risks posed by growing adoption of electric vehicles.
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New Jersey last year put an additional 62,426 new EVs on the road, a 68% increase over 2022, which has prompted some advocates to suggest the state is in reach of its goal of having 330,000 EVs in the state by 2025.
AAI
Vehicle-to-grid integration is about more than connecting electric vehicles to the grid, say reports from DOE and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
Inside EVs
Sales of electric vehicles in the U.S. are showing some signs of recovery, while the market for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles has practically collapsed.
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