Join us in San Ramon, CA May 5 - 8 for a jam packed week focused on vehicle-grid integration (VGI) in collaboration with EPRI and SGO.

• May 5: VGIC - Zum Site Tour of Oakland V2G School Bus Depot (invite-only)

• May 6: VGIC-SEPA’s In-Person Utility Collaboration Forum (UCF) Meeting and EPRI’s Infrastructure Working Council (IWC) followed by a Networking Reception sponsored by NEMA

• May 7 - 8: 5th Edition V2G Business, Policy, and Technology Forum

Organized by Smart Grid Observer and hosted by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the 5th V2G Business, Policy & Technology Forum, May 6-8, 2025 in San Ramon, California will bring together top industry players, working groups, utility professionals and others who are focused on the successful development and implementation of vehicle-to-grid in the United States. The goal is to examine obstacles and challenges to effectively achieving the potential of V2G, and to identify appropriate solutions and implementation success strategies for grid operators and other stakeholders across market verticals.

For the V2G Forum, VGIC Executive Director Zach Woogen will be speaking on the Interconnection Processes Panel on Thursday, May 8th between 11:00AM and 12:15PM PT.

Fill out this form to schedule a meeting with Zach.

To register for the VGIC-SEPA’s UCF, EPRI’s IWC, and V2G Forum, please click HERE.

For VGIC-SEPA UCF and EPRI IWC participants, you are required to register through EPRI page too which can be found HERE.

VGIC Members and UCF Participants will not incur an additional fee when registering for the UCF Meeting. Please reach out to Shannon (smcguire@vgicouncil.org) to get the UCF meeting registration codes for each registration page.

Join us May 22nd for the 2025 California Demand Flexibility Summit, organized by the California Energy Commission (CEC) in partnership with the UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The Summit will take place at the UC Davis Conference Center and offer the opportunity to discuss the progress and challenges in achieving California’s load shift goal of 7,000 megawatts by 2030.

The Summit will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and others to share insights, evaluate progress, and strategies needed to advance demand flexibility in California, and to:

• Discuss the progress, challenges and opportunities in developing demand flexibility.

• Showcase promising research and development advancements and explore solutions for seamless integration and deployment, such as interoperability standards, dynamic pricing, market integration, and advanced grid analytics.

• Collaborate to identify solutions and strategies to accelerate the deployment of demand flexibility technologies across the state.

Fill out this form to schedule a meeting with VGIC’s Executive Director, Zach Woogen.

To register, please click HERE.