Much has been shared about how fleets should work with their local utilities (early and often!), but less is known about best practices for states. How can states best engage with utilities to support freight electrification?  How can states and utilities work together to appropriately plan for future electricity demand and potentially proactively invest in upgrades? What best practices are developing around medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) EV rate design and tariffs, grid make-ready programs, streamlined interconnection, and cost-recovery policies? When do public utilities commissions need to get involved? Finally, how do regulatory frameworks and answers to the above questions vary between investor-owned utilities (IOUs), municipal utilities, and co-ops?  

Speakers:

• Aravind Kailas, Policy Chair, Powering America's Commercial Transportation (PACT) and Advanced Technology Policy Director, Volvo Group North America
• Katherine Stainken, Technical Leader IV - Electric Transportation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 
• Michael Zimmerman, Senior Attorney, Electrification, Zero Emission Trucks, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
• Emily Clayton, Public Utility Regulatory Analyst, Transportation Electrification Section, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

You can register for the webinar here.