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The Southern Company didn\u2019t need this pilot to sell it on EVs. The firm\u2014which operates Alabama Power, Georgia Power, and Mississippi Power, as well as other subsidiaries across six southern and midwestern states\u2014has been using Ford electric vehicles since 2023. Its fleet now includes more than 200 F-150 Lightning trucks<\/a> and 150 Ford Pro chargers. The company aims to electrify its entire fleet by 2030.<\/p>\n

Now it wanted to see if it could use Ford Pro\u2019s charging software to ramp down its vehicles\u2019 and chargers\u2019 energy consumption during periods of high demand. (Ford Pro is the commercial fleet arm of the US automaker.) Such \u201cmanaged charging\u201d programs save fleet owners money by scheduling charging for times when utilities are charging less for electricity, and put less stress on the electric grid. Southern Company is particularly aware of that last point: With the AI boom<\/a>, data centers are flooding into the US southeast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to figure out how we can save every kilowatt-hour that is out there to be saved, because we\u2019ll have a more constrained system in the future,\u201d says Lea Clanton, who directs business development and innovation for Southern Company New Ventures.<\/p>\n

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