Session Chair and Panel Moderator: Jon Erickson - POWER Engineers

There has been a slowdown in adoption of personal electric vehicles (EVs), but the commercial fleet EV adoption continues to grow. Whether the growth is associated with last-mile delivery fleets or the concentration of commercial fleet deployment at a specific location such as an airport, these loads continue to be a concern for the utility sector. The sector is challenged with not only the data center explosion but the ever-increasing demand to serve these loads as well.  This challenge is shaping up to be an issue for the whole electric power sector. This session will take the form of an interactive panel to present the pros and cons associated with using hybrid microgrids. The benefits include providing the required capacity and to economically optimize asset utilization and environmentally optimized greenhouse gas emissions for companies that deploy the systems.