Date: August 2025

As EV adoption accelerates, many regulators and utility executives remain skeptical of managed charging—leading to small, underfunded efforts that miss the chance to control rising grid costs. What’s been missing is a rigorous, bottom-up analysis of smart charging’s value along with a clear roadmap to get customers to join. This presentation offers a 10-year value stack, from transformers, feeders, substations, up to system-wide benefits, quantifying over $100 billion in avoided upgrades, renewable integration, energy savings, and ancillary services. As a bonus…we’ll examine customer adoption barriers using sharp, often humorous man-on-the-street interviews. Beyond grid benefits, smart charging unlocks tens of billions in customer savings, public health improvements, and economic gains. The findings give utilities a credible, data-driven case for regulators and executives—proving smart charging isn’t optional, it’s essential. Without it: higher costs, local overloads, and rising rates.

Speaker:
Bill LeBlanc, Tierra Resource Consultants