Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charging technology has emerged as a new potential generation source for utilities and an important resiliency tool for consumers, and the various components required to make it all work are finally coming together.
Progress toward enabling V2G has recently accelerated. In California, the largest utilities (PG&E, SCE and SDG&E) are all running V2G pilots, and the public utilities commission recently allowed EVs to get paid in its Emergency Load Reduction Program. Industry coalitions are also forming, such as ev.energy’s V2X-Flex project with Nissan, Volkswagen, Stellantis, Siemens, Wallbox and Indra.