Plug in electric vehicles pevs as the portable source of electricity storages have undeniable benefits through intelligent charging and discharging scheme in a smart grid environment 141516. This book highlights the cutting edge research on energy management within smart grids with significant deployment of plug in electric vehicles pev these vehicles not only can be a significant electrical power consumer during grid to vehicle g2v charging mode they can also be smartly utilized as a controlled source of electrical power when they are used in vehicle to grid v2g operating mode. This book highlights the cutting edge research on energy management within smart grids with significant deployment of plug in electric vehicles pev these vehicles not only can be a significant electrical power consumer during grid to vehicle g2v charging mode they can also be smartly utilized as a controlled source of electrical power . Rajakaruna s and shahnia f and ghosh a eds 2014 plug in electric vehicles in smart grids energy management power systems singapore springer. Plug in electric vehicles in smart grids energy management this book presents energy management within smart grids using plug in electric vehicles pev these vehicles consume a lot of electrical power during grid to vehicle g2v charging mode and these vehicles can also be a controlled source of electrical power when they are used in vehicle to grid v2g operating mode