Smart Charge is a 2019 Master's Project at the University of California - Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management working in conjunction with Southern California Edison (SCE).

In California, there is often an excess supply of solar energy in the middle of the day, which can lead to grid curtailment - when clean, renewable energy is not generated to its full capacity or sold to other regions at negative pricing.  As more electric vehicles enter the market in California and are poised to charge at the similar peak demand times, utilities are looking for strategies to shift demand of electric vehicle charging to use that excess supply of solar energy.  The project's goal is analyze the potential of electric vehicles as a flexible demand response tool and how to turn a challenge into an opportunity.

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This project is supported by the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management as well as our project client, Southern California Edison, with generous support from Yardi Systems.