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Electric Vehicles Conclusion: Magazine

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have larger batteries that can be recharged by plugging into standard home outlets. Through vehicle-to-grid technology, PHEVs could act as a fleet of batteries that utilities could draw from during peak hours to improve grid reliability and efficiency. Electric utilities are committed to commercializing PHEVs and collaborating on research regarding their large-scale integration into the electric grid.

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Electric Vehicles Conclusion: Magazine

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have larger batteries that can be recharged by plugging into standard home outlets. Through vehicle-to-grid technology, PHEVs could act as a fleet of batteries that utilities could draw from during peak hours to improve grid reliability and efficiency. Electric utilities are committed to commercializing PHEVs and collaborating on research regarding their large-scale integration into the electric grid.

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Electric Vehicles

A smart grid will also create the potential for great synergies between
the electricity system and the transportation system. The U.S. electric
power industry is a firm believer that
the time for alternative fuel vehicles,
particularly plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles (PHEVs), has come. PHEVs
are similar to todays hybrid car. Their
key differences are that they have a
larger battery, and that battery can be
recharged by plugging into a standard,
110-V home outlet.
Through vehicle-to-grid technology, plug-in hybrids could become essentially a fleet of batteries that electric utilities could draw upon during
hot afternoons, when power supplies

are tight, sending their excess power


back into the grid. This buffering effect can help to improve the overall reliability and efficiency of the nations
electric grid.
U.S. electric companies are committed to the commercialization and
sales of PHEVs. We have a dedicated
group of electric utilities who are addressing a number of issues including
infrastructure, charging rates, safety,
and consumer education. And this
past July, the Electric Power Research
Institute, General Motors Corp. and a
group of 34 U.S. and Canadian electric utilities announced they have
agreed to collaborate on research and
development on how to best prepare
for the large-scale integration of plug-

in hybrid electric vehicles into the


electric grid.

Conclusion
The need for reliable, affordable, and
environmentally sound electricity
grows more vital every year. With
the support of the public, the federal
government, and the states, renewable
energy sources will play a larger role
in fulfilling these goals. Renewables,
along with the full range of other climate-friendly technologiesincluding nuclear, energy efficiency, clean
coal, carbon capture and storage, and
plug-in electric hybridsmust all be
a part of the electric power industrys
long-term future.
p&e

Correction
In the History column of September/
October issue of IEEE Power & Energy
Magazine (25 Hz at Bethlehem Steel
by Thomas J. Blalock, pp. 6678), Figure 7 was incorrectly cropped during
the production process. The correct
figure appears below. The IEEE apologizes for this mistake.

figure 7. Abandoned 25-Hz alternator and flywheel shown in the


foreground, 2004. (Photo courtesy of
Thomas Blalock.)
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2008.930070

102

ieee power & energy magazine

november/december 2008

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