Public transit agencies across the United States are transitioning conventional bus fleets to battery electric buses (BEBs). This transition requires large investments in charging infrastructure as well as new demands on the power grid, which provides opportunities for partnership with electric utilities to upgrade grid supply and energy loads, and also to reduce costs during peak load.
TCRP Synthesis 175: Examination of Transit Agency Coordination with Electric Utilities, from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, provides practitioners and operational staff at public transit bus agencies and electric utilities with the state of current practices by agencies and utilities that are collaborating on BEB planning and deployments.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Examination of Transit Agency Coordination with Electric Utilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27884.
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Front Matter | i-x | |
Summary | 1-3 | |
1 Introduction | 4-6 | |
2 Literature Review | 7-22 | |
3 Transit Agency-Utility Collaboration Survey | 23-28 | |
4 Case Examples | 29-58 | |
5 Findings and Further Research Needs | 59-61 | |
References and Bibliography | 62-64 | |
Appendix A: Survey Participants | 65-66 | |
Appendix B: Transit Agency Survey | 67-73 | |
Appendix C: Interview Guide | 74-75 | |
Appendix D: Interview Subjects | 76-76 | |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | 77-80 |
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