Transportation electrification and EVs: Who pays for grid upgrades?

As more utilities file detailed transportation electrification plans, modifications to service upgrade policies will become essential to avoid financial and inequitable EV adoption roadblocks.

By Michael Hartnack and Jesse Hitchcock • Jan. 11, 2023

Revel to expand EV fast chargers across NYC

After building a “superhub” in Brooklyn, the electric mobility company is planning more across other boroughs, a move it hopes will greatly expand the city’s capacity for accessible fast charging.

By Maria Rachal • Jan. 10, 2023

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

By Utility Dive staff

Federal agencies share ‘blueprint’ for transportation decarbonization

The blueprint lays out strategies for cutting all greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which currently accounts for a third of all domestic GHG emissions, by 2050.

By Maria Rachal • Jan. 10, 2023

The hidden barrier to V2X: How states and utilities can open the floodgates for bidirectional EV charging

Avoid reinventing the wheel, minimize unnecessary review, and provide flexible service connection and interconnection options.

By Ed Burgess and Dan Bowerson • Dec. 22, 2022

Senate passes bill to increase EV battery recycling as part of defense budget

Provisions from the Strategic EV Management Act, a bill from Sen. Mitt Romney intended to enhance recycling for end-of-life batteries used in federal fleet vehicles, could be signed into law soon.

By Megan Quinn • Dec. 21, 2022

Postal Service to acquire 66,000 EVs by 2028

The electric delivery vehicles will start hitting the streets by the end of 2023, the U.S. Postal Service stated. The announcement followed criticism that the agency wasn’t transitioning enough of its fleet.

By Michael Brady • Dec. 21, 2022

American Battery Factory to open first in planned series of gigafactories

The company said the Arizona plant will be the largest producer of lithium-iron phosphate batteries in the U.S.

By Megan Ruggles • Dec. 15, 2022

Demand soars for EV charging at multifamily properties

Infrastructure options and cost incentives have become more complex as the electric vehicle revolution gears up.

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Dec. 15, 2022

US reaches 140k public EV charging ports as key federal official says $90B infrastructure investment needed

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation is preparing to finalize rules setting out minimum standards for a nationally-funded electric vehicle charging network.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 15, 2022

Cost concerns could blunt ‘promising’ utility trends on energy storage, smart meters, EVs: Deloitte

“Supply chain snags, rising costs and extreme weather are likely to continue plaguing the power sector,” the consulting firm said in a report.

By Ethan Howland • Dec. 14, 2022

Canoo delivers EV to US Army for testing in military operations

The automaker is showing how its customizable electric vehicle platform can support mission-specific needs.

By Megan Ruggles • Dec. 14, 2022

Lyft offers its ride-sharing drivers incentives to switch to EVs

The program is the latest in a series of moves Lyft has taken to fulfill its pledge to transition entirely to electric vehicles by 2030.

By Michael Brady • Dec. 13, 2022

Electrifying trucking would require a major chunk of the US power grid, transportation institute says

Shifting all vehicles to battery electric would demand more than 40% of the country’s electricity production, the American Transportation Research Institute said in a report.

By Colin Campbell • Dec. 9, 2022

EV charging infrastructure requires local government collaboration to get federal funding: report

The Electrification Coalition recommends a governmentwide approach to take advantage of $19 billion in federal funds for EV charging.

By Dan Zukowski • Dec. 8, 2022

Biden administration releases federal building performance standard, plan to electrify federal buildings

The new standard sets federal building electrification goals for 2030. The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking to require all new or renovated federally-owned buildings to be electrified.

By Danielle McLean • Dec. 8, 2022

3 technologies that could make EVs go farther

Greater range could spur more EV adoption, with implications for charging infrastructure.

By Dan Zukowski • Dec. 6, 2022

California tops ACEEE’s energy efficiency scorecard as states shift focus to equity, decarbonization

States falling behind in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s annual rankings are not increasing their energy savings annually and do not have a strong focus on energy equity.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 6, 2022

10 must-read utility sector stories from 2022

Reliability, security and affordability concerns are rising in a U.S. power sector increasingly focused on decarbonization and electrification. Utility Dive has rounded up some of our top stories so far on these and other trends in 2022.

By Larry Pearl • Dec. 5, 2022

DC-area county spurs electrification of future buildings

Montgomery County, Maryland, is taking aim at its largest source of emissions. Its policy is the latest advancement for building decarbonization on the East Coast.

By Maria Rachal • Dec. 2, 2022

Electrifying US long haul trucks will require 504 TWh a year. But that won’t be the hardest part.

The energy needed to support electric semis is enormous, from a generation perspective. However, it is the transmission and distribution angle that makes this challenge truly daunting for utility planning and investment.

By Will Sierzchula • Dec. 1, 2022

Biden backs shift to zero-emissions truck sales at COP27

The nonbinding pledge targets the conversion of all new medium- and heavy-duty truck sales by 2040.

By Colin Campbell • Nov. 30, 2022

New York and 4 other US cities target building energy use, emissions with fines, Moody’s reports

San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston and St. Louis are also poised to implement penalties to curb building-level greenhouse gas emissions or energy use.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Nov. 30, 2022

High electricity rates impede crucial but costly technology investments to manage rising DER levels: utilities

Utilities want distribution system technologies for more DER visibility and control. But advocates want a new national stakeholder dialogue about the timing of spending for DER integration.

By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 29, 2022

Want to electrify your bus fleet? A new FTA-funded research center can help.

Battery and hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses are “fundamentally different technologies” cities and transit agencies will have to learn, said a researcher from The Ohio State University's Center for Automotive Research.

By Dan Zukowski • Nov. 23, 2022

Electric transit bus orders boom after Federal Transit Administration funds 1,100 buses

Cities, states and transit agencies need to plan ahead to transition their fleets to electric buses as manufacturers struggle to keep up with orders.

By Dan Zukowski • Nov. 22, 2022