The U.S. electric grid is under stress. Increasingly frequent and severe storms and aging infrastructure have been a potent combination that has led to more reliability problems. Observers have been understandably asking how the grid can handle the millions of additional electric vehicles that are expected to need charging over the next few years.
Implemented correctly, EVs could be a lifeline for the grid. Unfortunately, many parts of the country have significant work to do to realize the full potential of EVs. There are currently few, if any, examples of states that have adopted regulations that require power utilities to consider EVs as a distributed energy resource, according to research by our organization, the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council.
