Plug-in electric vehicle impact on Nashville Electric Service distribution system planning

This paper describes Nashville Electric Service´s approach to forecasting and planning for plug-in electric vehicle penetration in our service area. NES is a publicly owned electric utility serving approximately 360,000 electric customers in Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson, Rutherford, Williamson, and Cheatham Counties of Tennessee. It is the 11^th largest public electric utility in the United States based on customers served, the 12^th largest based on electric revenues, and the 17^th largest based on megawatt-hour sales. The NES distribution system covers 700 square miles of service territory through more than 5700 pole line miles. In fiscal year 2008, NES delivered over 12,800 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity to commercial and residential customers, in addition to serving the public lighting needs in the area.