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The IEEE Standards Electrical Systems Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Working Group (SASB/SCC40/PMSS) is starting work on the development of a Guide for Electric-Sourced Transportation Infrastructure. Read more A large growth in electric sourced vehicles is expected in the next few decades. The number of vehicles will likely stress the capacity in electric generation even with the partial implementation of smart grid technology and energy saving protocols and mandates. In addition, wider use of vehicles, both for personnel transportation and also for larger vehicles, will require additional infrastructure in the form of charging stations, energy distribution and monitoring capabilities. Since the magnitude of the required changes is significant and the cycle time for planning and developing infrastructure can be on the scale of decades, adoption of relevant standards for electric sources vehicles is necessary in order to improve efficiency and interoperability of the end to end system for both manufacturing and routine operations. In order to support the new large electric load anticipated, guidelines are required for planning for ways that are most effective as well as economically feasible. This project is needed to provide guidelines which if adopted will facilitate the wide scale and consistent implementation of electric-sourced, road-based transportation.