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Utilities, are asking Congress for help,
. . . as they attempt to keep tapping into EV demand.
36 of the nation’s largest utilities,
. . . wrote a letter (PDF) to congressional leadership on March 13,
. . . asking for a lift on the cap on EV tax credits.

The signatories’ include:
. . . . . . California’s Pacific Gas & Electric,
. . . . . . New York’s Consolidated Edison,
. . . . . . Southeast’s Duke Energy Company, and
. . . . . . others covering almost every state.

Electrifying US cars and non-commercial trucks would add
. . . 774 terrawatt hours of electricity demand,
. . . nearly the same as the entire US industrial sector, Bloomberg estimates.
Globally, EVs are expected to drive electricity consumption up
. . . 300-fold by 2040.

3-16-2018 Source:  US utilities: Can #Electric Cars save them?