Driving Smart Growth: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Off-Peak Electricity Rates

Peter Gunther, Fred Carstensen (), Marcello Graziano and Jill Coghlan

CCEA Studies from University of Connecticut, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis

Abstract: This study examines the benefits that can emerge specifically in Connecticut during a shift from fossil-fueled to electricity-charged vehicles, with attention to their adoption's affect on electricity rates and transmission lines, and EV potential to reduce green house gases (GHGs). This study further demonstrates the value of a transiton to variable electric rates, to enable drivers to use smart-recharge mechanisms under off-peak rates, in preference to maintaining the current flat rates.

Keywords: Electric vehicle infrastructure; electric distribution evaluation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2011-08
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://ccea.uconn.edu/studies/ElectricVehicles_2011sept.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:uct:cceast:2011-august-01

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CCEA Studies from University of Connecticut, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis University of Connecticut 2100 Hillside Road, Unit 1240 Storrs, CT 06269-1240. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Fred Carstensen ().