Closing Session - Driving Beyond Tomorrow

Jim Kelly, SR VP of Distribution and Transmission of SCE

• We are at a tipping point in transportation
• Key is: "it works just like the old one"
• We need smarter grid
• There has never been an efficient way to store large quantities of electricity (even pumped storage hydro doesn't fill this need)
• SCE installing 2 sq miles of PV on big warehouses to get 250 MW of PV power
• Smart grid not only should give price information, but also showing your impact on the world
• SCE installing 5 million smart meters in all customers homes between 2009 and 2012
• New dryer he bought already had the communication chip, although it wasn't turned on

Mark Duvall - EPRI

• Electrified transportation can save 1 billion tons of CO2 in US.

Elie Saheb, EVP Technology, Hydro-Quebec

• Largest utility in Canada and largest hydropower producer in the world.
• Working on renewable and battery projects
• Existing grid can support a lot of EVs

Other

• EPRI-NRDC study shows cumulative GHG emissions reductions from PHEVs from 2010 to 2050 could reach 10.3 billion metric tons. (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/07/epri-nrdc-studi.html)