Vehicle-Grid Integration Council

❗ We are 1 week away from VGIC’s EVolve by VGIC! Purchase your ticket today before they sell out ❗ 📅 September 24 - 25, 2025 📍 SF Bay Area, CA 📣 Panel Spotlight: Guide to Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Compensation Mechanisms 🗣️Featuring: Brian Vollbrecht (California Energy Commission), Clint Amadeus C. (California Public Utilities Commission), Oriana Tiell (she/her) (Pacific Gas and Electric Company), and Vyshnavi K. (Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER)) Effective #VGI requires compensation frameworks that are transparent, predictable, and fair. This panel will explore emerging models for valuing #EV grid services from time-varying rates and incentives to market participation and performance-based payments. What approaches are working, and what’s still missing from the compensation conversation? ✨A big thank you to Kaluza for sponsoring this panel and to all our sponsors: + Power Player Sponsor: American Honda Motor Company, Inc. + Drive & Thrive Sponsor: EnergyHub + Energy Accelerator Sponsor: Codibly and ev.energy + Volt Vanguard Sponsors: ChargePoint, ICF, and Rivian + Amped Up Reception Sponsors: Caliber Strategies and UL Solutions + Watt’s Up Coffee Sponsor: Landis+Gyr + Charging Champion Session Sponsors: General Motors, Kaluza, SMUD, and The Mobility House   🎟️ Click the link the comments to register and learn more about the premier VGI market development convening. 👇 #EVolve #ElectricVehicles #EVs #EV #EVCharging

⚡Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently released a must-read report on Interconnection Guidance for Residential Bidirectional EV Charging that outlines the regulatory steps needed to unlock the full grid potential of #EVs. While #EVs are already valuable flexible grid resources, bidirectional charging transforms them into mobile energy storage, capable of both charging and discharging power. To realize this potential, we need clear interconnection rules, updated energization pathways, and regulatory alignment across states. 📌 The report outlines key actions for regulatory commissions. Several states like CA, MD, MA, MI, and NY are already taking action, but broader adoption requires proactive planning now, before bidirectional #EV adoption scales. 🔗 This guidance is a crucial step toward enabling vehicle-to-grid (#V2G) technologies that support grid reliability, customer choice, and clean energy goals. Read the full report from SEPA linked in the comments below. #EVCharging #BidirectionalCharging #ElectricVehicles #Electrification 

🚀 Big news from VGIC general member EnergyHub, which has acquired Bridge to Renewables (BTR), marking a major leap forward for managed #EV charging and grid flexibility. EnergyHub now has expanded reach and capability to scale #EV participation in utility programs across North America with BTR’s telematics platform that is already connected to 500,000+ EVs across 12 major OEMs. 🔌 As electricity demand grows, this acquisition supercharges our ability to support a more reliable and affordable grid while making EV ownership even smarter and greener for drivers. Congratulations to the EnergyHub and BTR teams on this pivotal milestone! Learn more about the acquisition by clicking the link the comments below. 📣 Hear more about this milestone and the future of vehicle-gird integration (#VGI) from EnergyHub at VGIC’s EVolve. Register now to join the conversation by clicking the second link in the comments! #EVCharging #ManagedCharging #ElectricVehicles #EVolve

⚡🔌ChargePoint and Eaton, two VGIC general members, have teamed up to launch an ultrafast DC #V2G charging solution called ChargePoint Express Grid. This system is designed to accelerate #EV adoption across fleets and public infrastructure and offers up to up to 600kW charging, lower capex and operational costs, and seamless integration with renewables, energy storage, and local energy markets. This collaboration marks a major step toward more scalable, cost-effective, and grid-resilient #EV infrastructure. Want to read more about this partnership? Click the link in the comments below. 👇 🤝Want to learn more about how partnerships like this are shaping the future of #EV charging? Join us at VGIC’s EVolve next week where the leaders driving transportation electrification will be sharing real-world solutions and roadmaps! 🎟️Register today by clicking the link below! #EVCharging #Electrification #EVolve2025 

⚡🔋Last week VGIC Leadership Circle Member American Honda Motor Company, Inc. announced its plans to advance bidirectional charging, including: 1️⃣ A vehicle prototype with bidirectional charging capabilities. 2️⃣ A new home charging station concept to enable #EVs to power homes or send energy back to the grid. 3️⃣ Pilot testing with VGIC Utility Collaboration Forum Participant Southern California Edison (SCE) to explore real-world V2H/V2G use cases. 4️⃣ Integration with VGIC General Member ChargeScape, a #VGI platform co-developed by VGIC Leadership Circle Members American Honda Motor Company, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Corporation, and VGIC General Member BMW Group US. 5️⃣ VGIC general member Emporia's role in enabling smart, cost-efficient charging through its home energy monitoring and scheduling tools. 🤝 For the #VGI market, this collaboration is a strong signal of how automakers, utilities, and tech providers are aligning to make #EVs smarter, more efficient, and grid-friendly. Read more about the collaboration by clicking link in below. 🔗 🚗🔌 Want to see how partnerships among VGIC’s members and network are shaping the future of energy and transportation? Join us at VGIC’s EVolve to explore the progress and potential of #VGI from leaders like Honda, SCE, and Emporia. Register today! #VehicleGridIntegration #EVs #ElectricVehicles

📢 We are 2️⃣ weeks away from EVolve by VGIC! Purchase your ticket today before we sell out! 📅 September 24 - 25, 2025 📍 SF Bay Area, CA 📣 Panel Spotlight: Leveraging EVs to Drive Down Ratepayer Costs 🗣️Featuring: Kevin Schwain (EnergyHub), Pete Skala (Kevala), Sam Houston (Union of Concerned Scientists), and Steve Letendre, PhD (Vehicle-Grid Integration Council) #EVs can offer significant value beyond transportation, especially when integrated smartly into the grid. This panel will explore how #EVs can help reduce system costs, defer infrastructure investments, and provide grid services that ultimately benefit all ratepayers, not just #EV drivers. What regulatory structures and utility strategies can unlock these benefits, and how can we ensure equitable outcomes and mitigate upward rate pressure? ✨A big thank you to The Mobility House for sponsoring this panel and to all our sponsors: + Power Player Sponsor: American Honda Motor Company, Inc. + Drive & Thrive Sponsor: EnergyHub + Energy Accelerator Sponsor: Codibly and ev.energy + Volt Vanguard Sponsors: ChargePoint, ICF, and Rivian + Amped Up Reception Sponsor: UL Solutions + Member Meeting & Site Tour Sponsor: dcbel + Watt’s Up Coffee Sponsor: Landis+Gyr + Charging Champion Session Sponsors: General Motors, Kaluza, SMUD, and The Mobility House   🎟️ Click the link the comments to register and learn more about the premier VGI market development convening. 👇 #EVolve #ElectricVehicles #EVs #EV #EVCharging

🔌🚐 Southern Company and VGIC Leadership Circle Member Ford Motor Company just wrapped a 6-month pilot program exploring managed #EV charging for commercial fleets. The pilot proved how managed EV charging can cut energy costs, reduce grid strain, and maintain fleet readiness all without sacrificing performance. Southern Company reduced demand by 500 kW during peak times using Ford’s smart charging software, demonstrating the real potential of vehicle-grid integration (#VGI) at scale. 💡Want to dive deeper into how all types of #EVs are becoming grid assets? Join us at VGIC’s EVolve on September 24 – 25 where leaders in VGI innovation will share real-world progress, insights, and what’s next! Read more about the pilot and register for EVolve by clicking the links in the comments below. 👇 #ElectricVehicles #EVs #Electrification

🎉 We’re excited to welcome San Diego Community Power as VGIC’s newest associate member!   ⚡San Diego Community Power is a community-driven, not-for-profit public agency providing cleaner energy to the San Diego region. Community Power is committed to reinvesting in its local communities through customer education and programs that contribute to their goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035 or sooner. They serve nearly 1 million customer accounts in the Cities of San Diego, Chula Vista, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, La Mesa and National City, as well as the unincorporated communities of San Diego County. #Electrification #ElectricVehicles #EVs

We're just a few weeks away from EVolve, North America's premier VGI market development event! 📅 September 24 - 25, 2025 📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA 📣 Panel Spotlight: Opening Decision-Maker Panel 🗣️Featuring: John Reynolds (Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission), Marie Steele (VP of Energy Management Systems Services, NV Energy), and cliff rechtschaffen (Board Member, California Air Resources Board) Market development and policy innovation flourish at the hands of innovative thinkers, doers, and collaborators. VGIC is honored to be joined by these three insightful decision-makers who see the bigger picture opportunity for transportation electrification and vehicle-grid integration (VGI) and are working to drive progress. ✨A big thank you to all our event sponsors: + Power Player Sponsor: American Honda Motor Company, Inc. + Drive & Thrive Sponsor: EnergyHub + Energy Accelerator Sponsor: Codibly and ev.energy + Volt Vanguard Sponsors: ChargePoint, ICF, and Rivian + Amped Up Reception Sponsor: UL Solutions + Member Meeting & Site Tour Sponsor: dcbel + Watt’s Up Coffee Sponsor: Landis+Gyr + Charging Champion Session Sponsors: General Motors, Kaluza, SMUD, and The Mobility House 🎟️ Click the link in the comments to learn more and register before tickets sell out (they did last year)! 👇 #EVolve #ElectricVehicles #EVs #EVCharging #V2X #V2G

🏡🔌VGIC general members ev.energy and Emporia have partnered up to overcome one of the biggest barriers to at-home #EV charging: limited electrical panel capacity. Through this collaboration, millions of homes previously unable to support higher-powered chargers may now gain access to managed charging programs without the need for costly upgrades. This partnership represents another step toward a more equitable and resilient #EV charging ecosystem that will benefit utilities, grid operators, and #EV drivers alike. Read more about the partnership by clicking into the post. 👇 #EVCharging #ManagedCharging #DemandResponse #Electrification