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CA IOU works with IBM and Honda to pilot direct communication between EVs and the grid
 
Utility Info. Program/Project Specs.
Name: Pacific Gas & Electric
City: San Francisco
State(s)/Province(s): CA
Utility Type: Investor Owned Utility (IOU)
# Customers: More than 1,000,000
URL:   http://www.pge.com/
Category: Strategic Marketing-Customer Service, Transmission & Distribution-Load Management/Shaping
Sector:
Phone: (415) 973-7000
Entered: 4/16/2012
Updated: 4/16/2012

Summary
 Pacific Gas & Electric is working (2012) with Honda and IBM to test the capacity of an electric vehicle to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the state of both the electric grid and the vehicle's battery. One goal of the project is to enable power providers to use access to EV charging patterns to help them manage EV charging at times of peak load.


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