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PURA Files Notice Of Request For Comments In Investigation Into Medium And Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Charging
From Notice:
In this proceeding, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority) is investigating strategies to optimize the integration of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) electric vehicles (EVs) onto the grid, including, but not limited to, examining potential rate design and infrastructure solutions. This proceeding is intended to complement the Connecticut EV Charging Program, which offers infrastructure incentives, rate designs, and managed charging programs to support light-duty (LD) EV charging. [ *** ]
Accordingly, the Authority requests that docket participants and interested stakeholders, including MHD vehicle fleet owners and operators, provide written comments in response to the following prompts no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2024.
1. Discuss whether participation in fleet advisory services, managed charging, and/or other offerings should be required for a customer to be eligible for incentives through a MHD EV program. Explain why (or why not) incentives should be conditional on program participation, and which participation requirements should be included.
2. Discuss whether customers interested in participating in the MHD EV Program should be required to apply for all available federal and state funding opportunities, as applicable, prior to receiving incentives through any MHD EV Program.
3. Provide comments on incorporating time-differentiated EVSE interconnection agreements into a MHD EV program, such as the Limited Generation Profiles approved in a recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision, which include schedules of allowable energy generation during times of identified grid constraints in interconnection agreements with distributed energy resources.
4. Discuss whether a MHD EV Program should require, incentivize, or otherwise encourage co-locating renewable energy production and storage with EVSE installations. If so, describe, in detail, what requirements and/or incentives should be provided.
5. See Eversource Interrog. Resp. CAE-59; UI Interrog. Resp. CAE-59 Supp. Refer to the EDC simulations using fleet data provided by Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for rate design Scenarios 1 and 2, and address the following:
- Discuss whether the EDCs’ analysis/simulations for its rate design Scenarios 1 and 2 using ConnDOT fleet data provide insight into the viability of these rate designs for other fleets, including fleets of various sizes (e.g., 5–10 vehicles, 10–20 vehicles, and 20+ vehicles). 6. Provide comments on cost containment measures for make-ready incentives, EVSE incentives, and fleet advisory services. Options may include, but should not be limited to, an initial number of fleets served, site incentive caps, per port incentive caps, per fleet caps, overall program budget, or estimated incremental revenue associated with the project. Provide all resources, assumptions, examples from other jurisdictions, as well as an explanation of how such a containment measure will adequately support the adoption of MHD EV charging infrastructure while balancing the impact to ratepayers. 7. Describe the specific fleet assessment and fleet advisory services that should be provided under a MHD EV Program. Examples of services include, but are not limited to, site assessments, capacity studies, cost modeling, financial recommendations, available grants, and incentives. Additionally, consider whether different fleet advisory services should be provided to various fleet sizes (e.g., full fleet advisory services are offered for fleets of 20+ vehicles, but only initial fleet assessments are provided to fleets of 5-10 vehicles, etc.). 8. Discuss the potential role of a third-party fleet advisory service administrator(s) (i.e., a program administrator other than a regulated entity). Refer to the partnership between the EDCs and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) in the administration of fleet advisory services to different fleet sectors in Massachusetts. If there are other examples of successful fleet advisory service administration by different parties, please provide in detail. 9. Provide comments on fleet inventory methodologies, including, but not limited to, EV detection technologies. 10.Provide examples of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging applications and incentives included in EV programs in other jurisdictions. Additionally, discuss how a MHD EV Program can incorporate V2G offerings within the available incentive, rebate, or advisory components. 11.Discuss how location-based incentives or planning processes can support strategic load development and fleet charging depot siting, including electric school buses, in locations of least interconnection cost, thereby minimizing costs to ratepayers. Further, consider whether such incentives or processes should be incorporated into a fleet advisory services offering, online web tools (e.g., hosting capacity maps highlighting least-cost fleet interconnection sites), interconnection agreements, etc. [ *** ]
Notice (08/12/2024)
21-09-17 (9/09/2021)
(PURA Investigation Into Medium And Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Charging)
