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.
Organized by the Smart Grid Observer, the 6th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America, West, February 25-26, 2025 in Costa Mesa, CA 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.
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!
Organized by the Smart Grid Observer, the 6th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America, West, February 25-26, 2025 in Costa Mesa, CA 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.
2024 Speakers Include:
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Topics to be Addressed Include:
- Latest in smart charging and wireless charging
- Trends in EV adoption and implications for utilities
- Innovations in charging infrastructure
- Toward the Net-Zero EV: tech options and policies
- Providing incentives to increase consumer demand for EVs
- California's requirement for all new vehicles to be EVs by 2035
- EV and battery advances, and implications for charging infrastructure
- Integrating and optimizing renewable energy resources
- Integration of EV charging into microgrids
- Energy storage and 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
- Reuse of EV batteries into grid-scale energy storage systems
- Modeling and grid architecture planning: ensuring that charging is a grid benefit
- Charging station operators perspective
- Municipal perspectives and initiatives
- EV manufacturer perspectives on charging infrastructure requirements
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Be sure to join your EV charging industry colleagues for in-depth information-sharing and in-person networking - register today!