Charging Up the City: Real-World Strategies for EV Infrastructure

As cities push toward ambitious climate goals, the challenge of building reliable, accessible, and affordable EV charging in dense urban environments is coming into sharp focus. Permitting hurdles, grid constraints, installation costs, and space limitations can make even small deployments feel like uphill battles.

This panel brings together three perspectives tackling the problem from different angles:

Alex Grant with Urban EV, a full-service developer and consultant specializing in turnkey charging infrastructure across multifamily, commercial, and retail properties.

Joseph Nagle with Pando Electric, a nimble startup rethinking multifamily charging with socket-based, cost-efficient, and scalable outlets.

Nicole Appenzeller with San Francisco Environment Department, the city agency shaping EV policy, incentives, and programs that influence how charging infrastructure gets deployed.

Anthoney Harrison with PG&E, the utility at the center of California’s energy transition, will share how it is addressing grid capacity, permitting, and incentive programs to support urban EV charging

Together they will unpack the nuances of planning and installing EV chargers in city environments, debate the trade-offs between speed and coverage, share real-world lessons from projects on the ground, and explore how collaboration between the private and public sectors can accelerate adoption.

Who should attend: Property owners, fleet operators, city planners, utilities, and anyone navigating the messy realities of urban EV deployment.

What you'll take away: Practical insights into cost management, grid capacity strategies, policy pathways, and innovative technologies, along with a clear-eyed look at what it really takes to scale EV charging in cities.