To examine the feasibility and incremental benefits of allowing customers to passively modify their level of charge by opting to allow the vendor/utility to actively manage their customer’s level of charge within a charging session to optimize demand savings and reduce grid impacts while ensuring the customer’s electric vehicle (EV) experience is not diminished.
Residential bill inserts dropped on December 2, 2024 inviting customers with a plug-in EV and a home-installed L2 charger to submit an application to participate. Follow-up emails regarding submission status and selection status to follow before pilot data collection begins in late February 2025 for 32 weeks.
BE Pilot | Lead Vendor | Partners | Intent to Bid | RFP Issued | Proposals Due | Award Date | Pilot Launch | Pilot End Date |
Residential Optimized Charging | Optiwatt | Opinion Dynamics, Walker Miller | March 15 | June 4 | July 8 | August 23 | Q1/2025 | Q4/2025 |
