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The Smart Grid: Electric Vehicles on the Energy Highway
Max Baumhefner
Attorney, Transportation Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
Unplugged: The Renewable Energy Speaker Series June 19, 2013
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The Promise of Dollar-a-Gallon Gasoline
Gasoline Gasoline Forecast (Low) Gasoline Forecast (High)
Electricity Electricity Forecast (Low) Electricity Forecast (High)
Iraq invades Iran
Iranian Revolution, 1979 Energy Crisis
Exxon Valdez
Iraq invades Kuwait
‘07-’09 Financial Crisis starts
Arab Spring begins
Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz
Equivalent price for a 27 mile-per-gallon conventional vehicle and a plug-in electric vehicle with 0.34 kilowatt-hour-per-mile efficiency. Historical Prices in November
2012 $/gallon equivalent. Forecasts in 2010 $/gallon equivalent. Source: Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, November 2012.
Hurricane Katrina
eGallon
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Plugging Vehicles Into Clean Energy
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Five Potential Pathways
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1) On-site energy efficiency
2) On-site renewables
3) Off-site renewables
4) Renewable Energy Certificates
5) Integrating variable renewable resources
On-Site Energy Efficiency Upgrades
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On-Site Renewables
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Source: Ford Motor Company
Off-Site Renewables
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Source: Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Renewable Energy Certificates
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Sources: Center For Resource Solutions and FreeFoto.com
Green Utility Tariffs
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Floor-mats or Wind Energy?
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Integrating Variable Renewable Resources
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Cal ISO – Friday, June 13th, 2013
Integrating Variable Renewable Resources
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Source: EV Project, Q1 2013 Report
San Diego
Oregon
The Future is Now
Images: General Motors – Volt Android App; Nissan Motors – Leaf Charging Timer 14
Conclusions
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Source: Electric Power Research Institute
