Pre-Conference Workshop 2
V2G 101: Policy and Regulatory Landscape -- Rules of the Road to V2G
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 pm
The millions of electric vehicles on America's roads have untapped potential as key, flexible resources to support the evolving clean energy electric grid and save - or even earn - money. While many vehicle-grid integration (VGI) technologies and capabilities, including vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging, are readily available to start driving value for EV owners & fleet operators, their use is limited by key policy and regulatory barriers.
The emerging patchwork of customer programs, utility rates, interconnection procedures, make-ready funding and charging equipment rebates, and technical requirements can generate friction in the deployment process, undermine project economics, increase soft costs, and, in some cases, restrict V2G deployment progress altogether. The history of utility regulation in the U.S. can explain why much of V2G's fate is determined by state public utilities commissions (PUC), while the history of the automotive industry points to other regulatory outcomes that could "make or break" the customer experience.
The intersection of the electric power and automotive sectors, each with strong regulatory traditions that are slowly evolving, represents a paradigm shift in the policy landscape. Doing so demands innovative and thoughtful approaches to policy development that maximize the use of V2G strategies while minimizing risks to customers, utility ratepayers, and taxpayers.
With experts collaborating to advance communications standards, testing and certification regimes, and product development, stakeholders must now converge on a common understanding of key policy and regulatory barriers and navigate the "rules of the road" for V2G technologies.
This session will explore the historical and current landscape for VGI and V2G policy across key geographies, opportunities arising from recent and proposed federal and state legislation, and key action items to advance the industry and more fully realize the myriad benefits VGI strategies deliver for consumers, the grid, and the environment.
This workshop is designed to provide a foundational understanding of:
- The barriers to mass deployment of VGI and V2G in the U.S.
- The state of utility regulation, transportation sector regulations, and related policies that can support or challenge V2G projects
- The key V2G policy development activities and progress
- The challenges in implementing V2G within the emerging charging infrastructure priorities
- How to participate in designing and building a comprehensive, consistent, and sustainable VGI and V2G policy landscape in the U.S.
- Definition of VGI, V2G, and key use cases
- Challenges to mass adoption of V2G
- Regulatory requirements and policies to drive the V2G market
- Utility interconnection rules, procedures, and best practices
- V2G customer program design opportunities and trends
- Utility rate design options and trends for V2G
- Impacts of make-ready infrastructure funding and charger rebate design
- Metering requirements, submetering, and vehicle telematics protocols
- Business model challenges to mass V2G deployment
- Policies to support alignment and testing for V2G standards
- Analysis of key next steps for V2G policy requirements
1:00 - 1:45 pm Session 1: Introduction to VGI, V2G, and Challenges to Mass Deployment
1:45 - 2:30 pm Session 2: Utility Interconnection Rules, Procedures, and Best Practices
2:30 - 2:45 pm Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:15 pm Session 3: The V2G Business Model Challenge: Unlocking Fair V2G Compensation and Supporting Market Transition
3:15 - 4:00 pm Session 4: How to Contribute to Realizing the V2G Potential
Detailed Agenda
Session 1: Introduction to VGI, V2G, and Challenges to Mass Deployment
- Workshop Scope
- The ABCs: VGI, V2G, V2X, V2H, V2B
- History of Utility and Automotive Regulation and Emerging Trends
- The Pillars to V2G Market Development: Interconnection, customer programs and utility rates, equipment incentives and market transition support, and standards development
- Case Studies in V2G Excellence
- Challenges to V2G Mass Adoption in North America
- V2G within emerging DER market design and charging infrastructure deployment
Session 2: Utility Interconnection Rules, Procedures, and Best Practices
- Customer Generator Interconnection 101
- Getting to Streamlined, Low-Friction Process End-State
- Interconnection Configurations
- V2G-DC
- V2G-AC
- Smart Inverter Requirements and Market Transition Exemptions
- Interconnection Scorecards, Queue Data Reporting, and Accountability
- V2G Interconnection Standardization and Streamlining Efforts
Session 3: The V2G Business Model Challenge: Unlocking Fair V2G Compensation and Supporting Market Transition
- The basics of V2G project economics
- The emerging paradigm for public and utility funding for charging infrastructure
- EVs as DER assets: energy storage incentives and demand response technology
- Utility rate design trends and best practices
- Customer program design trends and best practices
- Regulatory pathways for the development of rates and programs
- Customer marketing, education, and outreach to support V2G
Session 4: How to Contribute to Realizing the V2G Potential
- Who is working on V2G in the U.S.
- Utility business model, regulatory innovation and "sandboxing," and balancing ratepayer risks
- Federal/State V2G interest and activities
- Emerging utility V2G activities
- Trade Alliance and NGO V2G activities
- Standardization activities
- Forums and conferences
- Key activities that need to be accomplished
- How can interested companies/people get involved
Workshop Facilitator:
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Zach Woogen Interim Executive Director Vehicle-Grid Integration Council (VGIC) |
Zach Woogen is the Interim Executive Director for Vehicle-Grid Integration Council (VGIC), where he leads regulatory, policy, and market development efforts, covering rate and program design, interconnection rules and regulations, and managed charging and V2X technology in the leading VGI markets. Zach is also a Senior Manager at Strategen, supporting go-to-market strategy and market intelligence for clients and utilities in the V2X and smart charging space. Zach has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
The Vehicle Grid Integration Council (VGIC) is a national 501(c)(6) membership-based advocacy group committed to advancing the role of electric vehicles and smart EV charging through policy development, education, outreach, and research.
The mission of VGIC is to support the transition to a decarbonized transportation and electric sector by ensuring the value from EV deployments and flexible EV charging and discharging is recognized and compensated to achieve a more reliable, affordable, and efficient electric grid.
Members include Ford, GM, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, BorgWarner, Fermata, Nuvve, Stellantis, WeaveGrid, Eaton, Sumitomo Electric, Landis+Gyr, Freewire, EnergyHub, QCells, The Mobility House, dcbel, Leap, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, & many others. Learn more here: www.vgicouncil.org
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