Advancing Grid Resilience through Smart Charge Management: Findings from Maryland’s Pilot

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2560755· OSTI ID:2560755

Siddique, Nazib ^[1]; Barua, Limon ^[1]; Zhou, Yan ^[1]; Zhou, Zhi ^[1]; Balasubramaniam, Karthikeyan ^[1]; Wang, Lusha ^[2]; Shrestha, Ravi ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

This report presents research findings from a four-year Smart Charge Management (SCM) pilot program conducted by Maryland’s largest electric utilities—Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), and Delmarva Power & Light (DPL)—to evaluate strategies for optimizing electric vehicle (EV) charging loads and enhancing grid stability. Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory collaborated with all project partners and examined the effectiveness of Time-of-Use (TOU) and Load Balancing (LB) strategies in managing peak demand, deferring costly infrastructure upgrades, and reducing grid constraints at the feeder level.

• Research Organization: Exelon Business Services Company, Baltimore, MD (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0009193; AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 2560755
• Report Number(s): ANL/25--14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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