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What We Focus on at CCE

Since we were founded in 2019 as a spinoff of the San Diego Energy District, CCE has focused on the following:

• Electrification: strategies that do not require massively expensive electric grid upgrades.
• The “Duck Curve” Problem: Creating and promoting a new solution to California’s major energy problem.
• E-Transportation: The value and challenges of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric bikes (e-bikes).
• Solar and Solar Carports: Promoting local solar, solar carports, and local microgrids to enable charging EVs during the day from solar.
• Distributed Energy Resources: The value of local distributed energy resources (DER) and the potential of EVs as DER.
• Bi-directional charging of EVs: Promoting bidirectional changing for EVs and enabling homeowners to maximize the value of the batteries in their EVs by being able to power their homes when electricity is most expensive.
• Energy Policy in California: Working as an intervenor before the California Public Utilities Commission.
• Strategies for Underserved Communities: Working to assist and empower those who live and work in underserved communities.
• Our Growing Intern and Volunteer Program: Working with college students as well as volunteers to address real world challenges related to the issues listed above.

Representative Reports, Papers and Presentations:

• Report for San Diego County:  The Potential of Vehicle-to-Everything
• Research Paper:  Making EVs and the Grid Work Together
• RE+ Conference Presentation:  The Future of EVs will be Bidirectional
• Paper:  V2X as a Solution to the “Duck Curve” Problem
• Report for San Diego County:  E-Bikes: Public Perceptions and Policy Analysis
• Report for San Diego County:   Eliminating Gas Hot Water Heaters From Multi-tenant Housing

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