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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. Balancing the load with managed smart EV charging. Leveraging EVs as grid assets.

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What is Demand Response?

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There are many types of Demand Response programs, ranging from direct compensation-based programs for commercial and industrial customers to savings-based programs for consumer and retail customers. Or, a utility or an aggregator can determine the lowest cost time to charge an EV or the time with the least impact on the grid.

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Local vs Cloud Control: Which Works Best for Smart EV Charging?

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Whether you are an EV fleet manager with hundreds of chargers or the owner of a handful of chargers located on your commercial, retail or residential property, smart EV charging allows you to optimize costs and increase charging reliability and stability. Advantages of the cloud approach include: Unlimited scalability.

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ConnectDER and Siemens Partner to offer a simple and clever solution for Level 2 charging installations  

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Obviously, the technology footprint for distributed resources has evolved [since then], especially with the growth of electric vehicles and then vehicle-to-home, vehicle-to-grid applications. Siemens is also in the commercial and fleet charging space as well, correct? How can we create a plug for this stuff? Is that the idea?

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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How do EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management Work? What EV Drivers Want from Smart Charging? Advantages of Smart Energy Management for Fleets. Smart EV Charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings. Smart EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). What is EV Smart Charging?

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The Importance of Managed EV Charging

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This makes the topic of managed EV charging important to all stakeholders , from the utilities that generate electricity through all the EV fleet, building, and public charging operators that deliver it to the vehicles to the drivers. What is Managed EV Charging vs Unmanaged EV Charging?

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

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Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities. That was the first opportunity we saw. That was the first opportunity we saw.

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