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Utilities and Electric Vehicles: the Case for Managed Charging welcome to New Mexico and to our second annual e-Lab Summit — the most expansive convening hosted by Rocky Mountain Institute as part of our Electricity Innovation Lab (e-Lab). Over the next 48 hours, you’ll be joining 150 fellow decision makers and practitioners from across the U.S. and around the world to advance the most critical questions we face in transitioning to a cleaner, more distributed, and more resilient electricity system. As the name suggests, e-Lab is a laboratory, a forum for working together in the spirit of experimentation and co-creation. We will be addressing eight timely topics for transforming the electricity system through discussion “pods.” You have been invited to participate because you and your organization bring a unique perspective, critical expertise, and important resources to advance the concepts we will be working to develop. This year’s e-Lab Summit is designed to: • Frame and advance actionable strategies to address the most pressing industry needs • Support key individuals and teams to address and afect change. • Create and strengthen relationships amongst industry leaders and innovators to support meaningful action e-Lab Summit is a unique event, but even more so a unique process. We invite you to be curious, to question your assumptions (and others’), to seek the unique perspectives of your fellow participants, and to critically and honestly assess the strengths and weaknesses of our collaborative work. PAGE 1 We wish you a productive three days and great success, both for work here at e-Lab WELCOME Summit and beyond. The e-Lab team ! agenda MONDAY OCT. 2ND WEDNESDAY OCT. 4TH 11:00 am / registration 6:30am / optional activities 1:00 pm / kickof 7:30 am / breakfast 2:00 pm / pod session #1 8:30 am / plenary 3:30 pm / break 8:45 am / shift & share 4:00 pm / plenary 10:00 am / break 5:00 pm / networking 10:15 am / pod session #4 6:30 pm / dinner 12:00 pm / plenary close 8:30 pm / optional activities 1:00 pm / adjourn TUESDAY OCT. 3RD ! ! 6:30am / optional activities 7:30 am / breakfast 8:30 am / plenary 9:00 am / case clinics 10:00 am / break 10:30 am / pod session #2 12:00 pm / learning sessions 1:00 pm / lunch & paired walk PAGE 2 3:00 pm / pod session #3 WELCOME 5:00 pm / plenary 6:00 pm / break 7:00 pm / dinner 8:30 pm / optional activities logistics TRANSPORTATION — You will be provided a complimentary Uber ride from the airport to the Tamaya Resort (specifc instructions were emailed to you). Return shuttle service will be provided to the airport. REGISTRATION — After checking in with the hotel, please proceed to our registration desk in front of the Tamaya Ballroom. Registration starts at 11 am. DRESS CODE — e-Lab Summit is a casual event (think: jeans). Mornings and evenings will be chilly and some activities are outdoors, so please plan accordingly. PARTICIPANT CONTACT BOOK — A full list of participants is included at the end of this document. We will be distributing contact information after the event. QUESTIONS — For any logistics questions beforehand or en-route, please contact our event services company, Black Badger Events, [email protected] or (603) 714-0124. ! PAGE 3 WELCOME pod topics Smart Heating Electrification your pod’s Infrastructure Planning and New Mobility pre-read Blockchain and Transactive Energy is in next Rate Design Pathways section Value Stacking for DERs Distributed Grid Infrastructure Utility Business Model Pathways LMI-Focused Utility Business PAGE 4 WELCOME infrastructure planning for a new mobility future When, Where, and How EVs will charge… And what that means for the grid? participant roster Pod Facilitator: Garrett Fitzgerald, RMI Jonathan Levy Vision Ridge Mike Backstorm Southern California Edison Ari Kahn Consolidated Edison Company of New York Matt Lehrman City of Boulder Lang Reynolds Duke Energy Lincoln Wood Southern Company David Almeida Pacifc Gas & Electric Doublas Jester 5 Lakes Energy, LLC Erika Myers Smart Electric Power Alliance Pete O'Connor Union of Concerned Scientists Clement Rames National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gabriel Petlin California Public Utilities Commission Max Tyler Colorado House of Representatives Phil Jones Phil Jones Consulting Mark Ferron California Independent System Operator Tom Ashley Greenlots Kevin Miller ChargePoint PAGE 5 INFRA- Ged Moody Brightfeld Transportation Solutions STRUCTURE PLANNING FOR Robert Welch Schnieder Electric NEW MOBILITY Fred Hill Robertson Foundation Holmes Hummel Clean Energy Works state of the EVSE industry Pod participants expressed the following thoughts about the state of the industry • Need more of it [EVSE] faster; Completely inadequate volume and visibility of infrastructure • Need to integrate and manage charging • DCFC should be the overwhelming focus of investment • L1 and L2 are under appreciated • Technology and vision developing faster than policy and infrastructure; requires policy decisions supporting rapid expansion • Market failure in multi-unit dwellings • Don’t over invest in a model that assumes todays mobility paradigm PAGE 6 INFRA- STRUCTURE • Several companies and multiple competing protocols; No cohesive plan exists; PLANNING FOR NEW MOBILITY needs coordinated stimulus pod objectives Based on the results of the needs assessment survey the group collectively identifed the following objectives for Summit • Strategic direction for utilities, OEMs, EVSE service providers, and mobility providers to communicate and collaborate on infrastructure deployment and EV program development • Identify pathways that meet near term EVSE needs while planning for a shared and autonomous future • Inform policy on EVSE planning • Foster collaboration and partnerships across stakeholder groups that go beyond the event • A collaborative approach/document to addressing the EV infrastructure needs of the US over the next 10 years PAGE 7 • INFRA- Recommendations for private and public sector incentives and public policies to STRUCTURE PLANNING FOR accelerate EV demand NEW MOBILITY key topics Pod participants identifed the following topics to address during Summit • The role of: utilities, municipalities, OEMs, EVSE providers, mobility providers in infrastructure planning, investment, and deployment • Business models (DCFC, Shared, Autonomous) • Demand charge management • The concept of a competitive market • Regulatory reform • Incentives and policies to accelerate EV adoption (feets, shared, and autonomous) • Future-proofng investments • Shared feets: car-sharing and ride-hailing PAGE 8 • Wireless charging INFRA- STRUCTURE PLANNING FOR NEW MOBILITY • Highway / corridor charging recommended reading • Gas to Grid: Building Charging Infrastructure to Power Electric Vehicle Demand [EMBARGOED] • Utilities and Electric Vehicles: The case for managed charging • RethinkX: Disruption, Implications and Choices – Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030 PAGE 9 INFRA- STRUCTURE PLANNING FOR NEW MOBILITY contact book Blockchain and Transactive Energy Ben Tejblum Associate K&L Gates [email protected] Ben Farrow Manager, Product Development Puget Sound Energy [email protected] Curtis Kirkeby Fellow Engineer Avista Utilities [email protected] Dylan Cutler Senior Engineer National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) [email protected] Erwin Smole Senior Advisor Energy Web Foundation [email protected] Holger Kley Product Manager Spirae [email protected] John Zachary Gibson Chief R&D Engineer Avista Utilities [email protected] Matthew Hiser Corporate Development Envision Energy [email protected] Michael Mylrea Manager Pacifc Northwest National Laboratory [email protected] Molly Suda Partner K&L Gates [email protected] Neil Gerber Director, New Energy & Environment IBM [email protected] Rushad Nanavatty Principal Rocky Mountain Institute [email protected] Scott Carmichael Researcher National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) [email protected] Sergio Islas DER Portfolio Design and Acquisition Lead Southern California Edison [email protected] Tod O'Connor Sr. Policy Advisor Regulatory Afairs CLEAResult [email protected] Distributed Grid Infrastructure Ben Edgar Microgrid & DER Business Development Manager Black & Veatch [email protected] Betsy Kaufman Sector Lead - Renewable Energy Energy Trust of Oregon [email protected] Caroline McAndrews Director, Preferred Resources Pilot Southern California Edison [email protected] Chris Hickman CEO Innovari [email protected] VP of System Operations, Resource Planning and David Hawkins El Paso Electric Management David Millar Director of Energy Analytics Ascend Analytics [email protected] David Parsons Chief of Policy and Research Hawaii Public Utilities Commission [email protected] Dylan Sullivan Senior Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) [email protected] Emerson Reiter Project Leader National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) [email protected] Eric Toler CFO & EVP Corporate Development Enbala Power Networks [email protected] Eric Maurer Product Developer Xcel Energy [email protected] Gary McAulife SVP Sales and Marketing Innovari [email protected] Grifn Reilly Section Manager of Targeted Demand Management Consolidated Edison [email protected] North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association Ivan Urlaub Executive Director [email protected] (NCSEA) Jackie Baum Power Systems Engineer Spirae [email protected] Jenny Edwards Director, Innovation Exchange Center for Energy & Environment (CEE) [email protected] Distributed
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