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Electrification of Transportation
Our Electrification of Transportation Strategic Roadmap describes our plans to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuel for transportation as well as electricity. Read full blog post
Electrification of Transportation (EoT) Strategic Roadmap
Renewable energy growth and electrification of transportation (EoT) are complementary, greater clean energy impacts and customer value can be created by achieving both in tandem. EoT will integrate with and support programs that facilitate integration of renewable energy, enable greater customer engagement and empowerment as "prosumers" of energy, and enhance grid efficiency and reliability by leveraging the flexibility of electrified vehicles.
To support these objectives and provide customer value, our EoT plans will align with and leverage our existing planning processes and programs, including the Integrated Grid Planning (IGP) process (which continues the work done in the Power Supply Improvement Plan, or PSIP), Grid Modernization Strategy (GMS), Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resources (DER) programs.
We developed our original EoT Strategic Roadmap in 2018 and developed a 2024 update (“EoT Roadmap 2.0”) to account for the evolving electric transportation landscape. Over a year-long process, we gathered significant community and industry input, compiled an exhaustive list of ideas for utility action, and applied a stringent process to select a set of 38 EoT actions where we are best positioned to help. Some recommended actions in the EoT Roadmap 2.0 include
- Enabling charging for personal mobility by adding public chargers and improving their maintenance
- Engaging disadvantaged communities, rideshare, and transit partners to inform charger siting
- Expanding make-ready infrastructure programs to support additional fleet electrification
- Piloting innovative charge management technologies to support off-peak charging for customers
- Reinforcing community resiliency efforts and vehicle grid integration pilots
- Supporting workforce development through inclusive partnerships to develop charger and vehicle maintenance curriculum for training and certification programs
We stand ready to integrate electric vehicles by design and not by default to ensure reliability and support the state’s renewable energy mandate. In addition to our actions, enabling a successful and just transition to electric transportation will require community engagement, private sector leadership, and government support. We hope to work with partners across the EoT ecosystem toward our collective success and plan to leverage, build from, and support existing policies, programs, and efforts to enable electric transportation while avoiding redundancy.
As we work to implement our EoT actions toward 2030, new ideas and opportunities for further innovation will no doubt emerge in an evolving landscape. We are confident that this EoT Roadmap 2.0 sets us down the right path, but we will continue to seize new opportunities to deliver value to our customers as they arise.
Documents
Our 2024 EoT Strategic Roadmap Update "Roadmap 2.0" (PDF) details how over the last year we gathered community and industry input and developed a set of EoT actions that we are best positioned to implement toward 2030.
Our Electrification of Transportation (EoT) Strategic Roadmap (PDF) details how the increased adoption of EVs will allow us to integrate even more renewables into our grid by encouraging battery charging demand during periods of the day when solar energy is abundant.
- November 29, 2018 - Addendum to the EoT Strategic Roadmap (PDF)
Our Electric Vehicle Critical Backbone Study: Planning Methodology (PDF) pinpoints areas where public EV charging options can create a "critical backbone" to support EV-driving commuters and tourists and help optimize operation of the electric grid.
- October 29, 2021 - Request to Commission to approve a Public Electric Vehicle Charger Expansion Project and cost recovery (PDF)
- October 29, 2019 - Electrification of Transportation Workplan (PDF)
Electrification of Transportation Input Workshops (June 2023)
We undertook an update of our EoT Roadmap that will help chart a path for electrified transportation across Hawaiian Electric’s service territory toward 2030. The first step in developing our EoT Roadmap 2.0 was outreach and engagement. Below are graphic summaries of some of the discussions that took place. Please click on an image to enlarge. If you have any thoughts or suggestions about what should be considered, please submit your comments to emob@hawaiianelectric.com.
Webinars & Discussions
- March 6, 2024 - EoT Strategic Roadmap 2.0 Webinar - Final Draft Presentation | View Presentation Slides (PDF) | View Q&A (PDF)
- November 16, 2023 - EoT Strategic Roadmap 2.0 Webinar: Proposed Hawaiian Electric EoT Actions | View Proposed Hawaiian Electric EoT Presentation Slides (PDF) | View Summary of Breakout Group Discussions (PDF)
- June, 6, 2023 – Panel discussion on Customer Perspectives on Electrification of Transportation
- June 6, 2023 – Panel discussion on Equity, Affordability, and Accessibility for Electrification of Transportation
- December 9, 2021 - Drive Electric Dialogue #4: Charge Up eBus and Public EV Charger Expansion | View Charge Up eBus Presentation Slides (PDF) | View EV-U Expansion Filing Outreach Deck Presentation Slides (PDF)
- October 21, 2020 - Drive Electric Dialogue #3: Commercial Make-Ready Infrastructure
- July 29, 2020 - Drive Electric Dialogue #2: Charging Initiatives and the Critical Backbone Tool | View Dialogue #2 Q&A (PDF)
- June 10, 2020 - Drive Electric Dialogue #1: Commercial Make-Ready Infrastructure | View Dialogue #1 Q&A (PDF)