Date: August 2025

Utilities across North America are beginning to see the direct impacts of EV charging on their distribution grids. Load management strategies — including passive, active, and bidirectional charging — have been proven to mitigate distribution overloading for transformers and feeders, but scaling those solutions is difficult. This panel presentation will explore the strategies utilities, automakers, and load management software providers are using to scale these solutions for thousands of EV drivers. The session will present results from distribution upgrade modeling that compares the costs and benefits of TOU pricing rates and advanced load balancing strategies versus unmanaged charging. It will also include discussions on using telematics vs. charger communication pathways and understanding actual vs. counterfactual managed charging data. Xcel Energy, BGE, and PHI will share their experiences to date with key takeaways on how utilities are reducing EV-driven infrastructure costs and implementing scalable, effective managed charging strategies.

Speakers:
Garrett Fitzgerald,SEPA
Josh Cadoret, Exelon
Carlos Hill,Xcel Energy
William Goldsmith, ev.energy
Matthias Bell, WeaveGrid