Joint Price and Power MPC for Peak Power Reduction at Workplace EV Charging Stations

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Autori principali: Cambronne, Thibaud, Bobick, Samuel, Zeng, Wente, Moura, Scott
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Cambronne, Thibaud
Bobick, Samuel
Zeng, Wente
Moura, Scott
author_facet Cambronne, Thibaud
Bobick, Samuel
Zeng, Wente
Moura, Scott
contents Demand charge, a utility fee based on an electricity customer's peak power consumption, often constitutes a significant portion of costs for commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging station operators. This paper explores control methods to reduce peak power consumption at workplace EV charging stations in a joint price and power optimization framework. We optimize a menu of price options to incentivize users to select controllable charging service. Using this framework, we propose a model predictive control approach to reduce both demand charge and overall operator costs. Through a Monte Carlo simulation, we find that our algorithm outperforms a state-of-the-art benchmark optimization strategy and can significantly reduce station operator costs.
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spellingShingle Joint Price and Power MPC for Peak Power Reduction at Workplace EV Charging Stations
Cambronne, Thibaud
Bobick, Samuel
Zeng, Wente
Moura, Scott
Systems and Control
Demand charge, a utility fee based on an electricity customer's peak power consumption, often constitutes a significant portion of costs for commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging station operators. This paper explores control methods to reduce peak power consumption at workplace EV charging stations in a joint price and power optimization framework. We optimize a menu of price options to incentivize users to select controllable charging service. Using this framework, we propose a model predictive control approach to reduce both demand charge and overall operator costs. Through a Monte Carlo simulation, we find that our algorithm outperforms a state-of-the-art benchmark optimization strategy and can significantly reduce station operator costs.
title Joint Price and Power MPC for Peak Power Reduction at Workplace EV Charging Stations
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12703