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Electric Vehicle (EV) Grid Integration Requirements

The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) published a plan establishing strategies to maximize EV grid integration. The PUC must also consider how to limit cost increases for all ratepayers. EV grid integration refers to any action that optimizes when or how an EV is charged. Electric utilities, community aggregators, and certain publicly owned utilities must report how their rates, programs, and transportation electrification investments support the CPUC ’s grid integration strategies in their resource plans and compliance filings. Additional terms and conditions apply.

(Reference California Public Utilities Code 740.16)

Jurisdiction: California

Type: Laws and Regulations

Enacted: Oct 2, 2019

Technologies: EVs, Other, PHEVs

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