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.
This pilot had more than 1,200 participating vehicles of which more than 100 were low-to-moderate income ComEd customers.
The pilot is nearing its final month of EV optimization focusing on EV charging based on real-time pricing and grid events driven by the Peak Time Savings DR program and possible Coincident Peak Hours as predicted by ComEd’s internal algorithm. Communications have been issued to pilot participants, informing them that the pilot is approaching its conclusion and that their second incentive payment will be distributed in-app in October.
Participant surveys will be administered at the end of September with analysis beginning in October and a final report due in December.
| BE Pilot | Lead Vendor | Partners | Award Date | Pilot Launch | Pilot End Date |
| Residential Optimized Charging | Optiwatt | Opinion Dynamics, Walker Miller | August 2024 | February 2025 | September 2025 |
