{"607428":{"#nid":"607428","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Marilyn Brown Leads on New Electric Vehicle Report","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Michael Pearson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElectric vehicles equipped to pump electricity back into the grid could help make for a more resilient power system and make owners a little cash, to boot, according to a new U.S. Department of Energy report written principally by Georgia Institute of Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E Regents Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/prod\/files\/2018\/06\/f53\/EAC_Enhancing%20Grid%20Resilience%20with%20Integrated%20Storage%20from%20EVs%20%28June%202018%29.pdf\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E, released June 28, 2018, \u0026ldquo;envisions a future where mobile batteries in electric vehicles could provide power to our homes, back-up power to businesses, and a new source of revenue to vehicle owners,\u0026rdquo; Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile everyday use of power from electric vehicles could help smooth out peak power demands during hot summer days and winter cold snaps, electric vehicles could also come to the rescue in a crisis, Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If Puerto Rico had had electric vehicles in large number during their disaster, and if the automakers had allowed them to be used, that would have saved lives,\u0026rdquo; Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report recommends that the Department of Energy should increase support for standards necessary to integrate electric vehicles with the power grid, launch a comprehensive economic study, and back research on business models.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the issues that still must be solved are warranty restrictions imposed by automakers on the use of electric cars to provide power to the electricity grid. Carmakers are concerned that using car batteries to supplement the power grid could reduce their lifespans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown is working to answer some of those questions in her role as the head of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cepl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EClimate and Energy Policy Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, which, like the School of Public Policy, is a unit of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe is evaluating alternative business cases for ownership and management of electric vehicles, as well as forecasting how much electric vehicle ownership might increase if purchasers knew they had a possible source of income from providing services back to the grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFindings from that research could be available by the end of 2018, Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe DOE report\u0026rsquo;s findings are based on a survey of the members of the Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee, on which Brown serves. Briefings by experts in the field and a literature review also contributed to the findings, Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report benefited from research conducted in collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cde.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Distributed Energy\u003C\/a\u003E and funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/energy-policy-and-innovation-center-georgia-tech\u0022\u003EEnergy Policy and Innovation Center\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new U.S. Department of Energy study led by Marilyn Brown of the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that programs to allow electric vehicles to pump electricity back into the power grid in times of peak demand or crisis could help secure the power system and make owners a little money, too.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Department of Energy Report makes recommendations to help spur adoption of grid-integrated electric vehicle technology."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2018-06-29 19:30:47","changed_gmt":"2018-09-05 14:13:57","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587452":{"id":"587452","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown (2017)","body":null,"created":"1487169749","gmt_created":"2017-02-15 14:42:29","changed":"1487169749","gmt_changed":"2017-02-15 14:42:29","alt":"Marilyn Brown","file":{"fid":"223884","name":"Marilyn Brown 2017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":186226,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Marilyn%20Brown%202017.jpg?itok=J_1yl964"}}},"media_ids":["587452"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/3\/brown-presents-grid-integrated-vehicles-department-energy-advisory-committee\/603285","title":"Brown Presents on Grid Integrated Vehicles to Department of Energy Advisory Committee "},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/Georgia-Tech-Greenlink-clean-energy-consulting-firm","title":"Modeling Change: Georgia Tech Alumni\u2019s AI-Based Energy Grid Modeling Platform is Helping Atlanta Planners Switch to Clean Energy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"178455","name":"Climate and Energy Policy Lab"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"12819","name":"electric vehicles"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}