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Sign up for our first CARD Webinar Discussion to review results and answer your questions from a recently completed Conservation Applied Research and Development (CARD) project. The researchers who conducted the study will present their findings and participate in a discussion of the results and recommendations with attendees. In an effort to spur discussion, the Final Report will be sent via email to registrants that register by Wednesday, October 30th to review in advance of the webinar discussion.
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Charging Minnesota’s Electric Vehicles-Strategies that Work for the Electric Grid and Consumers |
Wednesday November 13, 2024, 11a-12p CT
Register: https://minnesota.webex.com/weblink/register/ra01d6d8d7aafbe20ddd66a38ca4aae91
Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption is growing rapidly in Minnesota, with nearly 7 percent of all light-duty vehicles purchased in 2023 being electric. As of 2023, there were approximately 50,000 light-duty EVs registered in Minnesota, representing about 1 percent of light-duty vehicles in the state. Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. (Synapse) used an in-house model called EV-REDI to develop forecasts for EV stocks and sales in Minnesota for each year through 2030. Using possible EV adoption trajectories, Synapse estimated the energy consumption and peak demand impacts associated with EV charging. Their analysis demonstrates the benefit that managed EV charging can have on mitigating adverse impacts to the distribution system.
Synapse’s CARD white paper, Charging Minnesota’s Electric Vehicles-Strategies that Work for the Electric Grid and Consumers assesses the potential energy and peak demand impacts from a possible range of EV adoption scenarios, examines how Minnesota’s electric utilities are promoting greater adoption of EVs while mitigating the associated impacts on the electric system, and provides recommendations for program improvements based on industry best practices and lessons learned from other jurisdictions.
The purpose of the Conservation Applied Research and Development (CARD) Grant Program is to identify new technologies, strategies and program approaches that utilities can implement to help achieve the annual state energy-conservation goal as established by the Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 and modernized by the Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) Act passed in 2021. For more information, visit the Applied Research and Development webpage or email Utility Energy Conservation Research Planner [email protected].
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