Full Title: Potential Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Regional Power Generation
Author(s): Stanton W. Hadley, Alexandra Tsvetkova
Publisher(s): Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Description (excerpt):
This paper analyzes the potential impacts of 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 (Figure ES-1). The estimates of power plant supplies and
regional hourly electricity demand come from publicly available sources from EIA and the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Electricity requirements for PHEVs are based on
analysis from the Electric Power Research Institute, with an optimistic projection of 25% market
penetration by 2020, involving a mixture of sedans and sport utility vehicles. The calculations
were done using the Oak Ridge Competitive Electricity Dispatch (ORCED) model, a model
developed over the past 12 years to evaluate a wide variety of critical electricity sector issues.