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United’s Elizabeth Stears introduces United’s 2025 EV Ready Grid Guidebook. This new resource provides a blueprint for state leaders to invest in smart policy solutions that will prepare America’s grid to meet growing EV demand while protecting ratepayers from higher energy costs and strengthening reliability.

In 2021, Advanced Energy United warned that the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) supply chain was underdeveloped, overly reliant on foreign suppliers, and at risk of missing a generational economic opportunity. Three years later, United’s Elizabeth Stears reflects on the progress made in that time, and the challenges that lie ahead now with key federal support repealed under H.R. 1, emphasizing that the future of the EV supply chain relies heavily on state action.

Canary Media reports on Massachusetts advocates urging Governor Maura Healey to stay the course on enforcement of the state’s long-established ACCII standards, amid concerns that the administration may backtrack on those commitments. United’s Kat Burnham observes the pressure to roll back these standards isn’t coming from consumers, and notes the state already has incentives and infrastructure in place to support the transition to electrified transportation.

In an op-ed for Crain’s New York Business, United’s Kristina Persaud discusses the Advanced Clean Trucks rule as a way for New York to reduce emissions, highlighting the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) across the nation and debunking common myths surrounding EV policies.

In 2024, states made significant strides in modernizing the electric grid, streamlining EV infrastructure permitting, and updating building codes to support the growing demand for electric vehicles. Advanced Energy United’s Lizzy Stears highlights the key state legislative trends steering the future of electrified transportation and what to expect in 2025.

Virginia’s Clean Cars Standard will help facilitate adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across the state, reducing the risks of long-term environmental impacts. United’s Jim Purekal shares his experience with The Virginia-Pilot of purchasing an EV as a second car, and why the state should do more to work toward a cleaner future by facilitating adoption of EVs.

Advanced Energy United’s “EV Ready Grid Guidebook 2024: A Practical Guide to Preparing the Grid for Electric Vehicle Adoption at Scale” presents a comprehensive set of policies and principles designed to help agency staff, policymakers, regulators, and utilities prepare the grid for large-scale EV adoption.

Tech Brew discusses how electric vehicles (EVs) could enhance the resilience of the U.S. electric grid. In the article, United’s Ryan Gallentine underlines that, with proper management, EVs could potentially be an additive resource for the grid, providing valuable support during peak periods or outages.

Today, Maryland State Senator Ron Watson and Maryland Delegates Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian, David Fraser-Hidalgo, and Natalie Ziegler released a joint statement on the skyrocketing electricity prices announced last week by Maryland’s electric grid operator, PJM.

In an opinion piece in City & State New York, United’s Kristina Persaud supports the passage of New York’s Build to Need legislation (S.9113).

United’s Elizabeth Stears highlights state policies leading the transition to electric and zero-emission vehicles, utilizing vehicle procurement as a powerful tool to accelerate market growth.

This report, prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Advanced Energy United, presents a framework for analyzing and preparing for the large-scale electrification of MHDVs. It focuses on assessing the impacts of the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rule on electric distribution grids.