System and method for a charging station

A method comprising:

• controlling transfer of electric power between one or more charging stations, one or more energy storage devices, and a power distribution grid that is electrically coupled to the one or more charging stations, and the one or more energy storage devices being disposed on a vehicle;
• charging or discharging, selectively, one or more energy storage devices via the one or more charging stations;
• scheduling one or times that the vehicle can supply to or draw from the power distribution grid the electric power via the one or more charging stations, and thereby to obtain a scheduled time;
• determining a draw magnitude to or from the power distribution grid via the one or more charging stations;
• and
• controlling active power, reactive power, or both active and reactive power of the electric power based at least in part on the scheduled time and the draw magnitude.