SkillFusion

SkillFusion The Fusion of Skill and Opportunity. The O&M Solution for EV Charging Infrastructure​.

SkillFusion is a first-of-its-kind approach to providing electric vehicle operations and maintenance (O&M) service providers with access to a nationwide credentialed talent pool for electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) O&M obligations. Through the company’s cross-sector training platform, SkillFusion is developing the largest talent pipeline of certified electrician and non-electrician worker

s available to EVSE O&M service providers with the mission to minimize charging infrastructure downtime and increase the reliability of the charging network. The platform will increase the availability of certified EVSE workers ensuring that service providers have flawless accessibility to the right trained service technician for every job, every single time.

The numbers from this week speak clearly.$1.05 billion committed to a 24 GW solar and storage pipeline.A commercial EV c...
08/29/2026

The numbers from this week speak clearly.

$1.05 billion committed to a 24 GW solar and storage pipeline.

A commercial EV charging system delivering 1.68 megawatts from a wall-mounted installation.

67 gigawatts of storage sitting in PJM's interconnection queue waiting to connect.

Virginia signing a 20.78 GW storage mandate into law.

The capital is deployed. The policy frameworks are in place. The hardware is shipping.

This week's AMPED Energy Intel covers all five stories and what they mean for the professionals and organizations building the connected energy industry.

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/105-billion-168-megawatts-2078-gw-industry-executing-different-m6mtc

The ribbon cutting lasts 20 minutes.The charger is expected to work for years.Installation gets the photograph. Operatio...
08/28/2026

The ribbon cutting lasts 20 minutes.

The charger is expected to work for years.

Installation gets the photograph. Operations and maintenance determine what happens when a driver plugs in on an ordinary Tuesday.

A modern charger combines power, communications, networking, software, payment systems and safety procedures. A fault in any layer can interrupt service.

That creates a workforce requirement beyond deployment: people who understand the EVSE ecosystem, follow diagnostic procedures, recognize communications and network failures, and support the safe restoration of service.

SkillFusion’s EVSE Diagnostic Technician (EDT) training and certification pathway prepares learners for this connected reality. Developed with ETA International, EDT provides vendor-neutral knowledge across EVSE operations, diagnostics, communications, software and safety.

For individuals, it creates a structured route into EV infrastructure.

For employers and O&M providers, it creates a clearer standard for evaluating knowledge.

Reliability will be decided long after the ribbon comes down.

Enrollment is open:

https://skillfusion.com/course/edt-credential/

A $2,000–$6,500 electrical upgrade can change the economics of home EV charging pretty quickly.Schneider Electric just i...
08/26/2026

A $2,000–$6,500 electrical upgrade can change the economics of home EV charging pretty quickly.

Schneider Electric just introduced an interesting workaround.

Its new 11.5 kW Schneider Charge monitors household demand and automatically adjusts EV charging to the power actually available.

NACS or J1772. Dynamic load management. OCPP connectivity.

This is where EV charging is headed: The charger is becoming an energy management system.

The people installing, commissioning and supporting this equipment will need to understand a lot more than the plug. The equipment is getting smarter.

The workforce has to keep up.

EV charging has a language of its own. Most people are expected to speak it before anyone teaches them.SkillFusion’s Fas...
08/25/2026

EV charging has a language of its own. Most people are expected to speak it before anyone teaches them.

SkillFusion’s Fast Track EV Charging Course changes that in three hours.

Learn the technology, terminology, infrastructure, and opportunities shaping the industry.

Online. Self-paced. No experience required. $99.

Your introduction to EV charging starts here: skillfusion.com

California cut the ribbon on a battery this week that can power 385,000 homes.New Jersey asked residents to plug their h...
08/21/2026

California cut the ribbon on a battery this week that can power 385,000 homes.

New Jersey asked residents to plug their home batteries into the state grid. And offered to pay them for it.

A developer raised $300 million to build into two grids the country urgently needs.
And battery storage paired with EV charging just crossed 1 gigawatt globally, with 10 more planned.

The grid is not waiting for the conversation to catch up.

This week's AMPED Energy Intel is live. Five stories. One direction. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nighthawk-live-nj-wants-your-home-battery-grid-just-got-300m-pefqc

Autoweek put an interesting headline on the EV industry today:Tesla won the EV plug war, but everyone benefits.The news ...
08/21/2026

Autoweek put an interesting headline on the EV industry today:

Tesla won the EV plug war, but everyone benefits.

The news behind it deserves attention.

EVgo plans to deploy Tesla V4 Supercharger hardware at EVgo-owned and operated charging locations.

Tesla hardware. EVgo network. And the chargers are expected to support both J3400/NACS and CCS1.

A few years ago, the industry was debating which connector would win.

Now look where we are.

Tesla opened NACS.
SAE standardized it as J3400.
Major automakers adopted it.

Non-Tesla vehicles gained access to compatible Superchargers.

And now Tesla-developed charging hardware is moving onto another major charging network.

That’s progress.

Because the real prize was never bragging rights over a plug. It was getting more vehicles connected to more chargers with less friction.

For SkillFusion, there’s another part of this story worth watching.

Every time the charging ecosystem expands, the technical ecosystem expands with it.
More chargers to commission. More equipment to diagnose. More systems to maintain.More interoperability to understand.

And more people who need to know how all of it works.

Standardization can make charging easier for the driver.

The infrastructure behind that experience still requires a skilled workforce.

So yes, Tesla may have won the plug war. If this helps the industry build a more interoperable charging network, the rest of us may have won something considerably more useful.

Forward movement.

That empty parking space may be more valuable than it looks.Hotels. Apartments. Retail centers. Offices. Parking facilit...
08/20/2026

That empty parking space may be more valuable than it looks.

Hotels. Apartments. Retail centers. Offices. Parking facilities.

EV charging is creating a new conversation for property owners: Could charging become part of the business model?

Before you call an installer, choose equipment or start running the numbers, it helps to understand the industry you’re entering.

That’s where SkillFusion Fast Track starts.

In three hours, you’ll explore the basics of EV charging, the technology, terminology, infrastructure and industry landscape so you can better understand the opportunity in front of you.

You don’t have to become an EV charging expert.

You should know enough to ask better questions.

3 hours. $99. Online.

Learn the basics. Explore the opportunity.

We started this newsletter more than a year ago by following EV charging.Then the story got bigger.Charging started inte...
08/18/2026

We started this newsletter more than a year ago by following EV charging.

Then the story got bigger.

Charging started intersecting with battery energy storage. BESS increasingly connected with solar. Home charging became part of a much larger conversation about how energy is generated, stored, managed and used.

Follow one piece closely enough and you eventually see the whole system.

That is what the SkillFusion newsletter has become.

Every edition tracks the developments shaping this increasingly connected energy industry: new technology, major launches, partnerships, collaborations, infrastructure investments and the moves worth watching next.

We’ve been documenting that evolution for more than a year.

And considering how quickly this industry is moving, there is a lot to keep up with.

Our latest edition is out now.

Subscribe and follow along!

This edition is worth your 5 minutes:
https://lnkd.in/gz9Za-2w
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When the biggest names in media have wanted to understand where EV charging is headed, they have come to us.Automotive N...
08/17/2026

When the biggest names in media have wanted to understand where EV charging is headed, they have come to us.

Automotive News Europe. USA Today. Inc. Magazine. New York Post. Business Insider. And so many more.

Our message has been consistent: the infrastructure is being built right now, and the trained workforce needs to upskill fast.

That's not a problem for the industry. That's an opening for anyone who moves first.

The people who get certified early aren't looking for work. The work is looking for them.

That's why our we created our SkillFusion Fast Track EV Charging Course.

3 hours. $99. Online. Start today.

The car in the driveway is now a dispatchable grid asset.Not a concept. Not a pilot. An operating reality being document...
08/14/2026

The car in the driveway is now a dispatchable grid asset.

Not a concept. Not a pilot. An operating reality being documented in real time by grid operators, utilities, and EV charging infrastructure developers around the world. The data being produced right now will define how V2G programs get structured for the next decade.

Meanwhile, 52 gigawatts of battery storage is operational on the U.S. grid today.

Another 54 GW is planned by 2028. Nobody is slowing down.

This week's AMPED Energy Intel connects five stories that show exactly where the energy industry is headed and why the professionals who understand the full stack, from the charger to the battery to the solar to the grid, are the most in-demand technical workforce in the country right now.

This edition is worth your 5 minutes:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/52-gw-54-more-coming-grid-running-hot-amped-energy-intel-week-hmbtc

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