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Background
In 2015, The Commission established the Sustainable Transport Forum to support the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. This Forum provides the Commission with technical expertise.
Tasks of the sub-group
The sub-group’s tasks shall non-exclusively encompass:
1. to establish a mapping of the current discussion concerning interoperability, standards and communication exchange in the electromobility ecosystem.
2. to identify and recommend to the Commission options for an IT governance architecture for vehicle-to-grid communication, and to determine the most suitable implementation scheme that ensures a robust communication framework for all actors within the different areas of the EV recharging ecosystem. As condition required, any technical specification and its governance framework should meet the following requirements:
(a) It is trusted and accepted by the widest possible, overwhelming majority of EU market players. It is able to base itself on technologies that find the widest possible international agreement at global market level, and the support of international electro-technical standardisation.
(b) It stirs a clear commitment from the different market players to comply with its requirements.
(c) It implies unique bi- and multi-lateral authentication of different market players.
(d) It provides an adequate level of security protection against cyber attacks.
(e) It can be set up in an easy manner by each market player according to their needs.
(f) It is operationally efficient and user-friendly.
(g) It does not imply unacceptable costs to set it up or maintain it for any market player;
(h) It respects all legal requirements concerning data protection and data privacy.
(i) It is beneficial to the end consumer, does not entail any lock-in effects and does not limit the end consumer’s right to freely choose an EMSP (or not choose any EMSP), nor does it limit the consumer’s ownership of the data generated as a result of the EV usage.
(j) It creates a level playing field between all market players in the EV recharging ecosystem, and allows for fair competition between them, avoiding any risk of competitive advantage by one or several market players;
3. to provide the Commission with advice and expertise with a view to building consensus on the choice of a governance framework and IT architecture for vehicle-to-grid communication, defining its ownership model as well as the roles and responsibilities of every market player.
4. to discuss and advice the Commission on EU-wide governance rules common to the entire EV charging ecosystem for the preferred IT governance architecture.
5. to assist the Commission in order to support international standardisation, identifying and covering existing gaps among the different areas of communication within the EV recharging ecosystem.
6. to assist the Comission in the preparation of secondary legislation which could be considered in support of the chosen standard and IT governance architecture as well as its continuity model.
Composition of the sub-group
The sub-group will consist of up to 30 members.
Members of the sub-group can be:
-organisations (companies, associations, NGOs, universities, etc.),
-Member States’ authorities at national or local level,
-other public entities such as EU bodies.
If you have any questions on these issues, please contact Camille Dornier - Policy Manager: camille.dornier@eurosmart.com
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