Cruising into the Future
Illinois Explores Electric Vehicles
Coordinated charging can improve frequency regulation, smooth out the generation intermittency from DERs, and increase efficient electricity usage.
EVs & Storage
U.S. Electric Transportation
Getting in Gear
For the U.S. EV marketplace to get out of first gear, utilities need to play a more active role.
Utilities' Passion and Hard Work on EV Future
We’re Innovating Relentlessly
The big question today is: how do you reduce carbon in transportation? You electrify! Electric transportation is the path forward.
A Utility Perspective
We’re Electrifying the Road
All those devices that people see in smart homes, smart cities, and distributed generation, need to be interconnected centrally to the regulated utility for them to work most economically and efficiently.
Car Manufacturers Are Moving Fast
We’re Electrifying the Road
Utilities can use this direct relationship with every consumer and every corporation to deliver very compelling and credible messages about electric vehicles.
Environmental Community Looks Forward
We’re Electrifying the Road
To meet 2050 carbon reduction goals, we need to electrify almost all light-duty and many heavy-duty vehicles.
Electrifying America's Buses
We’re Electrifying the Road
It’s quite a daunting technical challenge to build an electric vehicle that can serve as a U.S. mass transit bus.
Coming Together to Plan EV Future
We’re Electrifying the Road
There has been too much litigation in the state commissions, and therefore our mantra has been let’s strive for more collaboration and less litigation.
Ready for a Fifty Percent Demand Spike?
Electric Vehicles are Coming
Utility control over EV chargers, tariffs and time of use rates could help avoid localized problems.
Common Storage Misperceptions
Costs, Competitveness, Technology
Grid-connected battery storage is both a relatively new industry and complex.