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The Edison Electric Institute estimates some 9.6 million charge points will be needed in the U.S. by the end of the decade to support an estimated 18.7 million EVs on the road. As of April 2023, there were 136,513 charging ports at 53,764 public and private stations, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center. This massive increase in EV charging infrastructure will have important implications for the grid, and present stakeholders with significant challenges - and opportunities.

image Organized by the Smart Grid Observer, the 6th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America, East, January 28-29, 2025 in Atlanta convenes top industry experts and utility professionals to examine how growing EV adoption rates will impact the network, and what investments are needed to ensure grid stability and benefit. Case studies of current utility programs and deployments will be discussed with an eye toward refining strategies, identifying technologies, and implementing business models that will ensure widespread EV adoption is optimized for all parties involved.

The Call for Speakers is currently open. Click here for details

2024 Speakers Include:


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Topics to be Addressed Include:


  • Latest in smart charging and wireless charging
  • Addressing concerns over charger performance, reliability and security
  • Trends in EV adoption and market direction
  • Success strategies for starting and growing a charging network in the U.S.
  • Innovations in charging infrastructure and enabling technologies
  • Providing incentives to increase consumer demand for EVs
  • Market trends, opportunities and challenge for the industry
  • EV and battery advances, and implications for charging infrastructure
  • Integrating and optimizing renewable energy resources
  • Charging station operators perspectives
  • Integration of energy storage and microgrids with EV charging
  • Utility case studies and programs to date
  • Scaling up existing charging operator networks
  • Impact of EVs on grid operations and planning
  • Regulatory requirements and standards developments
  • Reuse of EV batteries into grid-scale energy storage systems
  • Modeling and grid architecture planning: ensuring that charging is a grid benefit
  • Municipal perspectives and initiatives
  • EV manufacturer perspectives on charging infrastructure requirements
  • And more
 


Previous Summit Attendees Include:


Amazon | Commonwealth Edison | Baltimore Gas & Electric | Nissan North America | Argonne National Laboratory | Rivian Automotive | California Energy Commission | ABB | Enel X | NV Energy | ChargePoint | Chicago Transit Authority | County of Los Angeles | Eaton | Xcel Energy | Salt River Project | ChargeHub - Mogile Technologies | BorgWarner | City of Chicago | Alberta Electric System Operator | Electric Power Board of Chattanooga | Duke University | EV Connect | General Motors Canada | Fermata Energy | IEEE | Electrify America | Wood Mackenzie | Keysight Technologies | Stanford University | Siemens Mobility | New York Institute of Technology | University of San Diego | University of Queensland | United Airlines | Schneider Electric | The Brattle Group | George Washington University | Wieland Electric | Alphastruxure | Volta Charging | Burns & McDonnell | Guidehouse Insights | Omaha Public Power District | Kiewit | bp pulse | Franklin Electric | KPMG | Landis+Gyr | Leidos | Kitu Systems | Illinois Commerce Commission | Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative | S&C Electric Company | Siemens | Syracuse University | Puget Sound Energy | University of Wisconsin | West Monroe Partners | And many others |

Forum Audience:


  • Network strategists and executives at investor-owned, municipal, and rural utilities
  • Grid operations engineers and planners
  • EV program managers and fleet managers
  • Charging station infrastructure owners
  • Consultants and system integrators
  • EV manufacturers and charging network operators
  • Regulatory and standards professionals
  • Technology innovators and equipment vendors
  • Energy storage, communications, and power control solutions providers
  • Urban planners and municipal transporation analysts
  • Researchers, analysts and university professionals
  • Renewable energy providers and technology vendors
  • Financial and venture capital professionals

    Be sure to join your EV charging industry colleagues for in-depth information-sharing and in-person networking - register today!

    2024 Sponsors Include:


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