EV Impact on Grid Regulatory Inquiry

Where: Virginia

What triggered the EV proceeding? Virginia State Corporation Commission opened the proceeding because of a EV pilot program

What did the EV pilot want to accomplish?

• The utility’s program would meter the whole house
• By using the smart charger & WiFi network in the member’s home
• The EV Charging company would then pull that data into their meter management system
• Bill credit of $0.04/kWh if all charging was done in off-peak hours

What issues does the regulator want to dive into?

• Is the market for providing public charging stations competitive or should it be considered a natural monopoly with service provided exclusively by regulated utilities?
• What is the proper role, if any, of utility investment in the deployment of public charging stations?
• The current level of demand being put on the distribution grid by electric vehicle charging, and how that is expected to grow?
• How rate designs should be structured to incentivize off-peak EV charging?
• How EVs can provide battery storage for the electric grid, and at what scale?

Utility Dive | Amid charging pilot developments, Virginia regulators to investigate EV grid impacts