"We need to provide real-time data to folks, so they can conserve and use the energy sources and water to the best of their abilities."

"You’ve got to decide what are the priorities, and how do we implement it in a way that’s affordable and helpful to the neighborhood."

AEP, Battelle, Ohio State University and Smart Columbus took over a chunk of the cavernous Columbus convention center for a couple of days in May.

"The Smart Columbus component was important because our population is forecasted to increase by a million people by 2050."

"Our application was built on two philosophies. One is you can’t be a smart city working alone and the second was to think holistically about our approach to becoming smart."

"Residents of Columbus can come and try out an electric vehicle with an EV expert without a sales pitch of a dealership and see how great it is."

"If the smart technologies, transportation, and applications could work in a place like Columbus, you could scale it around the country."

"In some states we’re precluded from doing the activities that these technologies represent and that doesn’t make sense anymore."

"We inducted 13 of our central Ohio auto dealerships into the Electrified Dealer Program whose dealers are committed to carry all electric – plug-in, hybrid, EV models."

"We have an EV360 program, where for a nominal monthly charge people receive a card that lets them charge at any in-network charging stations and at home in off-peak hours."