SMERC 2014

UCLA to Host Smart EV Charging and Grid Management Symposium on September 16, 2014 - along with National Drive Electric Week

In September, as America and California plan their National Drive Electric Week - https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=127 - UCLA's SMERC is planning to host its Smart EV Charging and Grid Management Symposium.

At this symposium, UCLA will discuss the recent advances made in Electric Vehicle Management Technologies that impact and support the Smart Grid of the Future. Topics discussed will include Smart Charging, EVs used as energy storage, Grid to Vehicle (G2V or V1G), customer interface issues, challenges with parking, infrastructure and facilities, economical infrastructure, integration of renewable energy (in particular solar) with EVs and energy storage, used EV batteries as distributed energy storage in the grid, Vehicle to Grid (V2G), advances in high-speed charging and corresponding protocols (including discussion and debate of Combo versus Chademo connectors), EV aggregation for grid services and demand response, ancillary services with EVs such as volt-var and frequency regulation services, comparison of various charging infrastructures (residential, workplace, destination charging, public charging), multi-family dwelling business challenges of EV charging, managing the smart-grid renewable "duck-curve" in California using aggregated EVs in a distribution system, energy pricing markets and EV charging, and other related topics.

This forum will bring together utilities, EV and automotive companies, technology providers, service providers, government agencies, and universities together to create thought leadership around the field of smart grid-friendly electric vehicle integration. The ecosystem of participants is rapidly changing and this forum will discuss the role of technology, standards, economics of EVs, energy pricing, government policies, infrastructure issues, global competitiveness issues, and renewable energy considerations in the context of EV adoption. EVs such as Tesla have strong customer adoption rates, despite shakeouts in the EV industry, and the forum will address such current trends and market opportunities. In the grand scheme of things, the EV industry is still a nascent industry - perhaps akin to the 1970s' Internet - and looking at the evolution of the EV and grid-friendly smart technologies for charging, the future in the next 10 or 20 years is perhaps not even imaginable; some visions for the future will also be presented and discussed.

The forum will also address the role and importance of consumers in optimally using the grid for their EVs. Issues and experiences of early EV customers on the availability and modality of charging stations will be topics for discussion. Relevant experiences from research projects based on the UCLA WINSmartEVT infrastructure will be shared; in particular, the results of recent research, technology developments, demonstrations, simulations and analyses. Experiences from the perspective of parking infrastructure/facilities will be presented. Utilities will also share their perspectives on how their infrastructure is being impacted with the addition of the first wave of EVs and on how this impact will evolve with further addition of EVs from other manufacturers. In addition, standards' bodies will be able to discuss how they are balancing innovation with standardization and government organizations will present initial reactions from consumers on policy issues.

Overall, the symposium will address pertinent issues to prepare for the next level of discussion: "How do we scale up from here?".

Topics include (but not limited to):

Monitoring and control of EV charging
Software systems, mobile computing and cloud computing for EV management
Smart Charging Infrastructure
Battery for energy storage on the grid
EV Fleet management technologies and services
EVSE - making the business case, cost recovery, environmental benefits
Multi-unit dwellings, workplace charging, enterprise charging of EVs
V2G (Vehicle to Grid) and G2V (Grid to Vehicle)
Integration of residential solar with EVs
Smart charging infrastructure and scalability
Time/location shifting, aggregation
Utility Perspective - demand response, demand dispatch and relevance to Smart EV management
Distribution system concerns - overheating of transformers, advanced management of substations.
Environmental issues and benefits
Grid Impact
Distribution and Transmission considerations
Scaling up EVs to large urban areas such as Los Angeles
Infrastructure and investments in metros such as Los Angeles - installation of Level 1, 2, and 3 chargers
Key technological uptake of charging infrastructure in California and the rest of the country
Integration of renewables especially solar and wind with EVSE infrastructure
Standards and Interoperability
Cyber-security in communications, data, computing and infrastructure
Power quality, reliability, and stability effects as a result of EVs
Innovations in controls, devices, and monitoring
Advances in EVSE protocols for fast charging and charging networks
Customer Adoption, Customer Behavior, and Customer Response
Pricing models for charging stations, roaming across territories, and billing
Advanced visualization, data sharing, and analysis
Government Role - Regulations, public voice, pricing models, incentives for EVs and renewables
Government Cooperation - How State, Local and Federal agencies collectively coordinate activities with local utilities
Research and Technology Funding - Role of DOE, NSF, DOT, EPRI, NIST in Technology Development
EV Manufacturer constraints - Warranties, battery integration and management, temperature management, EV range, and consumers' range anxiety.

Goals

Current speakers:

Rajit Gadh
Director, UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Alexander Keros
Manager, Advanced Vehicle and Infrastructure Policy

General Motors
Marvin Moon
Director of Power System Enginering

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Rick Teebay

Office of Sustainability, Internal Services Department
County of Los Angeles

Speakers from previous forums include:

Emil Abdelshehid
Smart Grid Programs
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Bruce N. Hamer
Smart Grid Program Manager
Burbank Water and Power

Mark E. Irwin
Director of Technology Development,
Advanced Technology Department
California Public Utilities Commission

Lee Krevat
Director - Smart Grid and Clean Transportation
San Diego Gas & Electric

Jim Parks
Program Manager, Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D
Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Catherina Sandoval
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Marvin Moon
Director of Power System Enginering
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Surendra (Sam) Vohra
Smart Grid Program Manager, Power System Information & Advanced Technologies
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Paul Scott
Nissan

Rick Teebay
Office of Sustainability, Internal Services Department
County of Los Angeles

Ronald Young
GM Technical Fellow, GM Global Electrification Advanced Technology Center
General Motors

Matt Zerega
Lead Electric Transportation & Infrastructure
San Diego Gas & Electric

Dr. Rajit Gadh
Professor & Director
UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)

Randy Howard
Director of Power System Planning & Development, Power System Executive Office
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Doug Kim
Director, Advanced Technology
Southern California Edison (SCE)

Mary Anne Piette
Research Director
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Dr. Vincent Poor
Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering, & Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Princeton University

Merwin Brown
Co-Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment

Matt Mikio Miyasato
Assistant Deputy Executive Officer
AQMD

Jan Perry
Councilwoman
City of Los Angeles

Dr. David Wollman
Manager - Smart Grid Standards and Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Kevin Dasso
Senior Director - Technology and Information Strategy
Pacific Gas & Electic (PG&E)

Paul De Martini
Managing Director
Newport Consulting Group, LLC

Lawrence Olivia
Director, Tariff Programs & Services
Southern California Edision (SCE)

Michael Peevey
President, California Public Utilites Commission (CPUC)

Dan Ton
Program Manager, Smart Grid R&D
U.S. Department of Energy

Fredric Fletcher
Assistant General Manager
Burbank Water & Power

Kurt Yeager
Vice Chairman
Galvin Electricity Initiative