Strategy for Achieving a Beneficial Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI) Future

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Strategy for Achieving a Beneficial VGI Future (Strategy) builds on DOE’s visioning document, The Future of Vehicle Grid Integration: Harnessing the Flexibility of EV Charging (Vision), describing activities DOE will undertake to support stakeholders in achieving an EV-integrated future in which EVs, including personal vehicles, commercial freight fleets and school buses, are safely and securely connected to, reliably served by, and harmonized with the electric grid. This holistic, department-wide effort was developed recognizing DOE’s key role as a convener and partner in the development and deployment of new technologies. It employs three strategies that are focused in areas where DOE can have the most impact and support stakeholders to cement coordination between the electric and transportation sectors. The strategies include: Validating repeatable, extensible VGI solutions; Supporting VGI institutional decision-making; Spurring VGI innovation.