Terms Of Reference.pdf

The Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce aims to prepare the GB energy system for mass electric vehicle (EV) adoption, ensuring low costs and emissions, and maximizing opportunities for vehicles to provide grid services. The taskforce will engage consumers, ensure security of supply, and minimize costs, while accommodating future mobility and transport, securing growth opportunities, and encouraging UK innovation. Key questions to be discussed include the potential impacts of EVs on the electricity system, engaging EV users, protecting consumers' interests, managing network effects, and removing barriers to EV charging infrastructure. The taskforce will focus on making detailed proposals for 2030 and broader policy direction for 2030-2050, using assumptions such as EV take-up in line with the Road to Zero trajectory and the introduction of half-hourly pricing for domestic electricity consumers. Deliverables include an online portal for collating and sharing evidence, proposals on secondary legislation, and recommendations to ensure GB is ready for mass EV adoption.