By Jonathan Donadee, Robbie Shaw, Oliver Garnett, Eric Cutter, and Liang Min Potential Benefits of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in California High value for capabilities beyond one-way managed charging. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MELE.2019.2908793 Date of publication: 11 June 2019 40 I E E E E l e c t r i f i cati o n M agaz ine / J UN E 2019 ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CABORI ITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVs) RAPIDLY becoming more popular, along with a need for flexible energy storage resources in the electric grid, the development of vehiclegrid integration (VGI) technology has taken on a new urgency. VGI encompasses any technology that helps EVs better integrate with the grid, including management of charging and control of bidirectional charging and discharging. The practice of managing the one-directional flow of power from the grid to vehicles (V1G) is currently being rolled out across California and in many W 2325-5987/19©2019IEEEhttp://www.ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CABORI