An EV Load Forecasting Guide was developed for utility load forecasters and state regulators to understand the data needs, methodologies, uncertainties, approaches for forecasting EV charging loads in time and space. The guide examines best practices that exist today as well as advanced approaches that may be on the horizon as industry builds better analytical capabilities.
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EV Load Forecasting Guide
Team Leads
Guide lead: Julieta Giraldez, Director of Integrated Planning, EPE
Julieta Giraldez is a nationally and internationally recognized subject matter expert in distributed energy resource (DER) grid integration with extensive expertise in grid modeling. She currently works at Electric Power Engineers (EPE) as a Director of Integrated Grid Planning where she implements holistic approaches to meet customers’ needs through the optimized planning and operation of generation, transmission, distribution, and distributed resources. She is also the chair of the Energy Systems Integration (ESIG) Long-Term Load and DER Forecasting Task force. Prior to joining EPE, she served as a Director of Grid Planning at Kevala Inc., where she focused on implementing proactive capacity planning and electrification impact studies for utilities and regulators, and worked for a decade at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where she led Smart Grid and Grid Integration related projects to manage emerging technologies such as PV, energy storage and microgrids in distribution systems.
Technical Advisory Group lead: Sean Morash, Principal, Telos Energy
Sean Morash is a Power System Consultant and Principal at Telos Energy. He has led client engagements with system-level analysis across North America for renewable integration, decarbonization, and reliability assessments. Morash specializes in conveying complex electric sector themes to a range of stakeholder audiences and engaging with clients as an expert witness on utility planning and ISO stakeholder process on the topics of integrated system planning, system reliability, etc. He also performs power system operations modeling and forecasting to assess modernization strategies.
Regulatory Advisory Group lead: Matt Schuerger, Senior Fellow, ESIG
Matt Schuerger is ESIG’s Senior Fellow. Matt has 40 years of experience in the energy industry, as an engineer, a senior manager, and a regulator, focused on reliability, integrated planning, and distributed energy resources.