E3 helps utilities, regulators, and large energy users plan for the electrification of transportation and buildings. We forecast how quickly customers will adopt electric vehicles, heat pumps, and other electric technologies, model what that means for the grid and for costs and emissions, and design the rates and plans that support it.
Electrification is driven by millions of individual customer choices, which makes its pace and location uncertain. Using geospatial forecasting, we project where and how fast electric vehicles and building electrification will grow and trace those loads down to the feeder to find where and when the distribution system needs reinforcement. That grid picture shows where to site charging, from light-duty hubs to depots for fleets, transit, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, and where rate design, managed charging, and vehicle-grid integration can shift load to defer or avoid grid upgrades.
On the buildings side, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness and emissions of fuel switching to heat pumps and other building retrofits, identify where targeted electrification can defer or avoid new gas infrastructure investment, design the electric rates, and evaluate the incentives that support electrification.
Amber Mahone
Eric Cutter
Dan Aas
