Community of Practice for Equitable Charging Access

Low-income renters often face the highest costs for public EV charging, creating a significant barrier to equitable EV adoption. This webinar will explore an innovative initiative to develop, pilot, and scale business models that provide discounted public charging access for income-qualified EV drivers. Hosted by the Smart Electric Power Alliance and GRID Alternatives, the session will outline the project’s vision to create replicable solutions in partnership with utilities, stakeholders, and community-based organizations. Attendees will learn about the upcoming Communities of Practice and opportunities to collaborate on advancing equitable and affordable EV charging infrastructure.

This webinar will engage member utilities with the goal of recruitment for the Community of Practice (CoP), and provide an overview of the intended outcome of the project.

The project seeks to develop, test, and scale business models that offer discounted public charging to income-qualified EV drivers to address the identified issue.

An Overview of the Approach is below:

• Develop a portfolio of pilot projects to offer income-qualified EV owners discounted access to public charging by convening and working with a diverse range of utility companies, key stakeholders such as EVSPs and government agencies, and CBOs who work with lower-income renters to design pilots.
• Deploy these pilots in partnership with a portfolio of utility companies and communities that represent a diverse cross-section of the current market, including different utility types, different types of communities, and regions with different levels of EV adoption.
• Disseminate the results of these pilots in the form of replicable models that can be brought to scale, with utilities, communities, and policymakers across the country.

About the Speakers

Rachael Aptowitz
Senior Program Manager | GRID Alternatives

Ashley-Lynn Qua
Senior Manager | Transportation Electrification