NARUC Annual Meeting
Maria Bocanegra is a commissioner at the Illinois Corporation Commission.
The National Association of Utility State Regulators held its 2020 Annual Meeting in November. Outgoing NARUC President Brandon Presley presided over a most unusual year. Across the country, companies are making commitments to decarbonize and electrify their fleets. This session explored fleet electrification infrastructure considerations from a grid perspective and offered insights into how commercial fleet operators and utilities are working to make fleet electrification a reality.
Illinois Corporation Commission, Commissioner Maria Bocanegra: The private sector, with or without federal mandates, collectively is making unprecedented commitments to decarbonize operations and electrify fleets.
In tandem with the growth of personal EV adoption globally and across the United States, it is expected that fifteen million EVs will be integrated into corporate fleets by 2040. From 2014 to 2018, the percentage of EVs within fleets quintupled.
Players beyond our utilities and regulators are shaping this transition - charging companies, infrastructure installers, OEMs, digital mobility access providers, along with our public utilities and agencies - will usher in this change.