Electric grid demand forecasting
Prepare the grid for the EV revolution
Future-proof grid infrastructure for accelerating electric vehicle adoption. Be prepared for the increase in electricity demand over the coming decades to hit ambitious state-wide and federal Net Zero goals.
Build demand forecasts with trusted transportation data
Power companies can rely on validated car and truck metrics for modeling and planning.
See where drivers are coming from and going to prepare the electric grid for commute-, visit-, or home-based charging.
See how both cars and trucks travel throughout your service area to incorporate expanding fleet electrification into your models.
Zoom in on traffic patterns by roadway, zip code, or entire region to plan for location-specific infrastructure upgrades.
Access the insights used by states and cities across the country for national EV infrastructure planning.
Power utilities use today’s travel data to confidently plan for the future
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Getting ahead of EV charging demand with transportation analytics
Read case studyEversource, New England’s largest utility, is readying itself for the accelerating demand of EV charging. To ensure capacity at bulk stations and power plants, the utility needed to know when, where, and how long drivers charge. Knowing that MassDOT’s NEVI plan was powered by StreetLight analytics, Eversource also turned to StreetLight to enhance their travel pattern modeling and build charging profiles through 2050.
Eversource modelers used StreetLight Vehicle Volume by time of day, type of day, season, vehicle type, and zip code to understand how EV charging demand fluctuates across their entire service area. Modelers determined where power supply updates would be needed, and charging management teams planned strategies such as rate design and overnight adaptive charging to spread out peak demand and ensure ample capacity.
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Get localized or long-distance origin-destination travel patterns.
Access recent validated car and truck volumes nationwide.
Look at metrics by the time of day and day of the week by roadway for nuanced analysis.
Access data in the web platform, via API, or delivered as a bulk file.
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Harness recent region-wide transportation data to plan EV infrastructure that taps into the fast-growing market demand.
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This type of specialized data helps energy and power companies translate information on how vehicles move into insights on EV charging demand that can impact grid load and infrastructure performance.
Trillions of data points from connected vehicles and the Internet of Things are anonymized, aggregated, and processed by StreetLight’s Route Science® engine to generate insights on where, when, and why vehicles move. From this recent vehicle data, energy and power companies can then predict where and when grid load will peak, and how charging demand will change over time as EV usage grows.
Electric utilities and public agencies are already using StreetLight’s electric grid demand data to measure, map, and predict EV charging demand across the U.S. and Canada. Fueling and charging retailers also use data on charging demand to decide where to add EV charging stations, anticipate when upgrades or repairs may be needed, and design charging fees. In each of these cases, data on electric grid demand can also facilitate public-private partnerships focused on long-term electrification.
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