EV Adoption
Larry Bekkedahl is Senior VP, Advanced Energy Delivery at Portland General Electric.
The Public Utilities Fortnightly team asked the same five broad questions of eighteen experts from twelve utilities. We found it so interesting to compare these dozen discussions, the commonalities, and the differences too. Read on to see what's up with EVs at Arizona Public Service, Avangrid, CMS Energy, Commonwealth Edison, Con Edison, Duquesne Light, Idaho Power, National Grid, NiSource, Portland General Electric, Puget Sound Energy, and Southern Company.
And we wish to express PUF's gratitude to Bidgely, the energy intelligence and EV solutions company, that sponsored this special feature, and made it possible for us to bring it to you.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: What are the goals of your electric vehicle programs?
Larry Bekkedahl: We are trying to demonstrate by example. Within our fleet, we're targeting fifty percent by 2025 of all our passenger cars as EVs. We are fifty percent of passenger vehicles now.
The availability of vehicles has been a big challenge. Trying to get the line trucks is going to take effort. Those larger vehicles are not going to be here anytime soon.
With our programs, through the first half of 2023, one in every six vehicles purchased in the State of Oregon is an EV. We're not surprised because you've got Washington, Oregon, and California leading the way. By 2030, fifty percent of all new cars sold will be EVs.