Launch of a Project to Promote the Use of EVs for Electricity Supply and Demand Balancing

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is launching a demonstration project to utilize commercial EVs as a resource for balancing electricity supply and demand, with the aim of simultaneously promoting the widespread adoption of EVs (electric vehicles) and stabilizing the power grid.
In this project, retail electricity suppliers, aggregation coordinators, and EV operators will collaborate to verify the benefits and challenges of controlling EV charging and discharging.
We are hereby announcing that we are now accepting applications from groups of businesses wishing to participate in this demonstration project.

1. Business Overview

This project will conduct a demonstration aimed at balancing electricity supply and demand by controlling the charging and discharging of commercial EVs and other vehicles, through collaboration among retail electricity suppliers, aggregation coordinators, and EV operators.
By bringing together operators from multiple industries to utilize commercial EVs as resources for balancing electricity supply and demand, the project aims to verify the effects and benefits of this approach and to develop an operational model for commercial EVs that will lead to reduced operating costs and other benefits for EV operators.

2. Implementation Period

From Reiwa 8 to Reiwa 10

3. Eligibility

We are seeking groups composed of multiple businesses to participate in the demonstration project.

Group Composition (One person may hold multiple roles.)

• Retail Electricity Supplier: 1
• Aggregation Coordinator: 1 person
• EV Service Providers: Three or More
• Resource aggregators, providers of charging and discharging equipment and systems, data collection and analysis providers, etc.

For Reference

• Retail electricity supplier
  A supplier that provides electricity to EV operators.
• Aggregation coordinator
  An entity that issues control commands to resource aggregators to balance electricity supply and demand, while also aggregating adjustable power resources to engage in transactions within the electricity supply-demand balancing market.
• Resource Aggregator
  An entity that controls the charging and discharging of commercial EVs and similar vehicles in response to control commands or the like from an aggregation coordinator.
• EV usage business
  An operator that balances its core business operations with EV fleet management, while also cooperating in the creation of power supply-demand balancing capabilities through the charging and discharging of commercial EVs and similar vehicles.

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4. Cost Responsibility

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will cover one-half of the expenses required to implement this project, limited to those approved by the Metropolitan Government.
*There is a maximum amount for each business sector among the eligible applicants.

5. Future Plans

Publication of Application Guidelines, etc.

Wednesday, October 7, Reiwa 8

Questions Accepted

From Friday, October 9, Reiwa 8, through Friday, October 16, Reiwa 8

Questions and Answers

Wednesday, October 21, Reiwa 8

Submission of Application Materials

From Thursday, October 22, Reiwa 8, through Wednesday, November 11

Notification of Results

Around late November of Reiwa 8

For more details, please refer to the application guidelines and other documents posted on our website.

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This initiative is part of the efforts to advance the “Tokyo 2050 Strategy.”
Strategy 20: Zero Emissions—“Expanding the Adoption of Zero-Emission Mobility”

Contact: Bureau of Industry and Labor, Industry and Energy Policy Division, Business Energy Promotion Section Phone: 03-5000-8004