Alliance for Transportation Electrification

What it reported doing in 2024

For the organization, we continued to build capabilities and knowledge-sharing among ate members during the year. The board of directors met monthly and shared news and activities in the electric vehicle (ev) ecosystem in the respective states. The two committees established in our bylaws policy-regulatory and technical-open standards also met monthly and invited outside experts to share knowledge as well as the best practice sharing among members. Also, several task forces continued to be active with sharing of common practices from the ground up in the states as utilities, vendors, and stakeholders worked to build out public ev charging.continued on schedule oin terms of ev issues of high priority, we can mention three areas where good progress was made in 2024. First, we continue to advance the concepts of proactive planning and investments for transportation electrification infrastructure, making good strides in dockets in New York, California, Minnesota, Colorado, and elsewhere. Second, we continue to be advancing new ideas in rate design for customers, in this case the ev charging stations, such as demand charge mitigation methods and time-of-use rates for off-peak charging. Utilities in multiple states, who are members of ate, have designed these rates and received commission approval, with our support. Finally, we continued to have success in advancing vgi (vehicle-to-grid-integration) ideas through white papers and workshops, including different types of managed charging.we also had success in advancing the concepts of open standards and interoperability with commissions and other stakeholders, although the ev charging industry continues to be nascent. Ate seeks to collaborate with other like-minded organizations, like epri, charin, and oca (open charge alliance), as we seek to educate state regulators and agencies on these important concepts.finally, we continue to be regarded as a national thought leader on the issues of ev adoption and charging infrastructure. We participated in many conferences, workshops, and speech opportunities before related organizations and state agencies, among others. Organizations often come to ate seeking advice before launching a new ev program, and filing a new utility program with a commission in the states.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 33.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings