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As someone who has an electric car, this completely disregards the fact that by having an electric car, it nearly automatically puts you into a higher electrici
by fryguy 10y ago
As someone who has an electric car, this completely disregards the fact that by having an electric car, it nearly automatically puts you into a higher electricity cost tier. In my case, it's $0.10/kWh for the normal, and $0.18/kWh for the higher tier. They're using the "average" cost of electricity which should be lower than the actual cost of electricity. I ended up getting solar panels, so that dropped me back down to using very little electricity from the local municipal electricity company and saving at least $100/month when taking into account the cost of the solar panels.
- jsight 10y agoIt would be difficult for me to take that into account as noone in my part of the country seems to have that kind of rate structure. I think it is mainly a west coast thing? There are some places around here that have a demand charge for certain hours, but they also tend to have the cheapest rates in the region as well.
- mikeash 10y agoI haven't heard of this. Whenever I see discussion of EV charging rates from owners, it's in the context of taking advantage of extra-cheap overnight rates. I'm sure what you say is the case in some places, but are you sure this is common?
- buerkle 10y agoThat is highly dependent on where you live. I live in Austin and pay a constant rate of about $0.12/kWh no matter the time of day.