Light breakfast (pastries and coffee) will be provided.

EVs can offer significant value beyond transportation, especially when integrated smartly into the grid. This panel will explore how EVs can help reduce system costs, defer infrastructure investments, and provide grid services that ultimately benefit all ratepayers, not just EV drivers. What regulatory structures and utility strategies can unlock these benefits, and how can we ensure equitable outcomes and mitigate upward rate pressure?

Speakers Include:

• Kevin Schwain, Sr. Director of Electric Vehicles, EnergyHub

• Steve Letendre, PhD, Board Vice Chair, VGIC (Moderator)

As VGI scales from pilot projects to everyday grid operations, stakeholders must prepare for the technical, operational, and institutional shifts ahead. This panel will examine readiness across the ecosystem. What investments and policy updates are needed now to prepare for widespread VGI initiatives, including managed charging programs, bidirectional charging rates, and DER-paired flexible service connections?

Speakers Include:

• Addie Melvin, Senior Client Solutions Manager, ev.energy

• Aseem Kapur, Chief Revenue Officer, GM Energy

• Dimitris Vantzis, Department Manager, Targeted Demand Management, Con Edison

• Grace Pratt, Associate, Caliber Strategies (Moderator)

Bidirectional charging in residential settings has the potential to transform EVs into everyday grid resources. However, technical barriers, customer participation models, and interconnection challenges remain. This panel dives into the state of the market and explores what’s needed to bring bidirectional capabilities into homes across the country.

Speakers Include:

• Frances Bell, Co-founder and CEO, Bidirectional Energy

• Dan Fletcher, Head of Ecosystems, dcbel

• Vincent Weyl, Vehicle-Grid Integration Principal, California Energy Commission (Moderator)

Session sponsored by General Motors

Effective VGI requires compensation frameworks that are transparent, predictable, and fair. This panel will explore emerging models for valuing EV grid services from time-varying rates and incentives to market participation and performance-based payments. What approaches are working, and what’s still missing from the compensation conversation?

Speakers Include:

• Oriana Tiell, Principal Product Manager, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Speaker:

• Zach Woogen, Executive Director, VGIC

Light appetizers and refreshments at the David Brower Center.