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This paper presents an analysis of PHEV readiness at the community level using parcel level, Tax Assessment data. The analysis is based on the operational definition of a household being PHEV ready as residing in a single detached home with either an attached or detached garage. Our spatial analysis for the City of Madison, WI, leads to an estimate of about 70% of all residential parcels in the City as being PHEV ready. Based on the readiness analysis results, a scenario analysis of electrical grid impact due to varying levels of PHEV adoption is also described for a selected transformer. Compared to past studies of PHEV readiness that typically utilize aggregate data provided for census geographies, our parcel-level analysis provides much higher spatial accuracy regarding where the PHEV-ready households are. Our analysis also allows electrical utility organizations and agencies to analyze their distribution network under scenarios of maximum near-term PHEV load in a GIS environment. Our work serves to demonstrate the benefits of using parcel-level analysis to support utility planning and PHEV market promotion at a geographic scale necessary for formulating tangible courses of actions.

01147878

10-3596

English

13p

2010

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (1) ; Maps (1) ; References (9)

Electric power; Electric utilities; Energy; Geographic information systems; Households; Hybrid vehicles; Networks; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Population density; Spatial analysis; Taxes; Technological innovations

Madison (Wisconsin)

Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-3596

TRIS, TRB

Jan 25 2010 11:50AM