We host monthly calls on the third Thursday of each month at 11:00 a.m. We use the calls to share ideas, news, and expertise relevant to electric transportation initiatives in South Carolina. If you missed one of our monthly SC Electric Transportation Network calls, you can access the replay below.
2024
Jack Conness with Energy Innovation
Sym Singh from Scout Motors
Jason Keller with Beam Global
Samantha Gilman from EPRI
Sam Christmus from the SC Energy Office
Mike McCauley with Watershed Consulting
2023
Susie Shannon and Amy Sartain, SC Competes
Morgan Crapps and Justin Butera from Redwood Materials
Kirsten Lackstrom and Amanda Rahimian from the SC Office of Resilience
Richelle Tolton, SC Energy Office
Laura Rogers, Deputy Director at The Ray. Her slides are linked HERE.
Matt Meyer, Sales and Business Development with Dannar US
Danna Thompson, Director of Advocacy for GA, NC, and SC at the American Lung Association
Rene Kelly, Palmetto Clean Fuels Coalition Director and SC Energy Office Clean Transportation Coordinator; and Evan Renshaw, Palmetto Clean Fuels Coalition, Clean Cities University Workforce Development Program Intern
Mike McCauley, Watershed Consulting Group
Michael Coleman with Upstate Forever on the upcoming Electric Vehicle Equity Roundtable event May 25th
James Toy with the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce as they look to pursue more electric transportation opportunities
Trent Dingman with the Upstate electric motorcycle startup, Real Motors, looking to make more connections
Arielle Gerstein with Charleston County on new EV chargers in the County and the process to have them approved, funded, and installed
Rene Kelly with the SC Energy Office on the Plug In SC program and the importance of having SC Chargers entered into the Alternative Fuels Data Center
Mike McCauley on IIJA and IRA federal funding updates
Steven Koerner, VP of Policy with bp pulse
Walter Kaufmann, CEO of the p3-group
Ashkon Eslami, Senior Vice President at Edelman
Justin Brightharp, Senior Program Manager at the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and we'll also hear an update about SC's Alternative Fuels Tax Credit bill and how you can get involved
2023
- Steven Koerner, VP of Policy with bp pulse
- Walter Kaufmann, CEO of the p3-group
- Ashkon Eslami, Senior Vice President at Edelman
- Justin Brightharp, Senior Program Manager at the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
and we'll also hear an update about SC's Alternative Fuels Tax Credit bill and how you can get involved
- Dory Larsen with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy shared a report on EV market data for the Southeast and for South Carolina
- Michael Culp with the U.S. Department of Transportation presented on the $700 million Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program
- Michael Coleman with Upstate Forever on the upcoming Electric Vehicle Equity Roundtable event May 25th
- James Toy with the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce as they look to pursue more electric transportation opportunities
- Trent Dingman with the Upstate electric motorcycle startup, Real Motors, looking to make more connections
- Arielle Gerstein with Charleston County on new EV chargers in the County and the process to have them approved, funded, and installed
- Rene Kelly with the SC Energy Office on the Plug In SC program and the importance of having SC Chargers entered into the Alternative Fuels Data Center
- Mike McCauley on IIJA and IRA federal funding updates
- Eddie Cogdill, Existing Industry Manager at SC Department of Commerce
- SC Energy Office
- Tige Howie, State Fleet Manager at the South Carolina Department of Administration
- SC alternative fuels tax credit bill update from CVSC,
- Kyle James with the Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Council of Governments on the CHATS Regional Electric Vehicle Strategy
and more.
2022
Rob Bedenbaugh, Director of Engineering Support at the SC Department of Transportation
Ben Kessler, East and Mid-Atlantic Public Policy Manager at ChargePoint
Olivia Campbell, Policy & Market Development Eastern U.S. with ABB E-mobility
Bonnie Loomis, J.D., Director of Economic Development at E4 Carolinas
Mike McCauley, Watershed Consulting Group
Mike Bullman, Director of Transportation at the SC Department of Education
Hannah Steinweg, Public Policy Manager at Rivian
Keith Wilson, Southeast Partnerships at Rivian
Dr. Brian Grady, Labor Market Information Director at the SC Department of Employment and Workforce
Dr. Lori Ziolkowski, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of the SEOE at the University of South Carolina
Dr. Matthew Kisner, Professor and Philosophy Department Chair at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina
Mike McCauley, Watershed Consulting Group