Consumers enrol qualifying devices and receive incentives for adjusting their usage patterns during peak demand.

Currently, the V2G integration will be offered to customers in Massachusetts, while Eversource and National Grid establish what benefits the technology can offer as part of the broader programme.

Unlike other vehicle-to-grid trials, the initiative will use the additional storage capacity of EV batteries alongside other flexible capacity, as opposed to orchestrating it as a standalone asset.

National Grid and Eversource said that the participation of V2G-capable EVs will help lower costs for all customers. The utilities also stated that the grid benefits V2G-capable EVs can provide are “potentially substantial”, and participating drivers will be rewarded with incentives that “support the value they deliver to the grid”.

Both National Grid and Eversource are also actively engaged in fleet-level V2G initiatives, with the former currently leveraging V2G for light-to-medium-duty fleets within ConnectedSolutions, beginning with school buses.

Eversource, meanwhile, is engaging with districts as part of its ConnectedSolutions+ offer, a pilot offering greater incentives for demand response participation in areas that are particularly grid-constrained.

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