Potential Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Regional Power Generation

This paper analyzes the potential impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) on electricity demand, supply, generation structure, prices, and associated emission levels in 2020 and 2030 in 13 regions specified by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Information Administration (EIA), and on which the data and analysis in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2007 are based. Seven scenarios were run for each region for 2020 and 2030, for a total of 182 scenarios. In addition to a base scenario of no PHEVs, the authors modeled scenarios assuming that vehicles were either plugged in starting at 5:00 p.m. (evening) or at 10:00 p.m. (night) and left until fully charged. Three charging rates were examined: 120V/15A (1.4 kW), 120V/20A (2 kW), and 220V/30A (6 kW).

• Record URL:
  • http://web.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/v41_1_08/regional_phev_analysis.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Hadley, Stanton W
  • Tsvetkova, Alexandra
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 93p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power generation and transmission; Electric power supply; Electric vehicles; Energy consumption; Peak periods; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Pollutants; Prices; Regional analysis
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01491324
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ORNL/TM-2007/150
• Contract Numbers: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 12:24PM