* Fabio Mantovani
VP VenturesNew York Power Authority
Fabio Mantovani serves as Vice President of NYPA Ventures at the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and prior to his current role served as Vice President of e-Mobility. NYPA is the largest state electric utility in the United States. In addition to operating its generation and transmission assets, NYPA provides low-cost power and clean energy products and services to Commercial & Industrial customers, municipalities, electric cooperatives, and government agencies. In this role, Mantovani is responsible for four business areas within NYPA Ventures: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Solar and Storage, Energy Insights and Analytics and Demand Flexibility (Virtual Power Plants).
Mantovani holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a master’s degree in materials engineering from the University of Trento, Italy.
* Fabio Mantovani’s Session(s):
| Thursday, August 11, 2022
8:15 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Pacific: The Challenges of EV Charging
EV Adoption at the residential and commercial levels have grown considerably with an EV bought every 6 seconds. With considerable improvements in technologies, transition strategies, access to funding, and more - there are still challenges facing the modern world of EV charging.
We will discuss key issues that face the EV Charging market and its consumers, that everyone from municipalities to residential communities and commercial businesses must be aware of such as:
- Identify public and private charging needs and the role that equity plays
- Understand EV load and grid utilization
- Explore soft costs and the realities of owning and operating
- Examine charging station options and how to leverage bidirectional charging