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To be fair, in California I pay $0.67/kWh, every day, during peak. And, on hot days, we’re told to not charge our cars. I don’t think it’s conscious discourage
by nomel 3y ago
To be fair, in California I pay $0.67/kWh, every day, during peak. And, on hot days, we’re told to not charge our cars.
I don’t think it’s conscious discouragement. If it is, then California is much better at it, and that’s a silly proposition.
- PointyFluff 3y ago[dead]
- bcrl 3y agoYikes. The peak rate here in Ontario is CAD$0.157/kWh, but our delivery charges are ~$0.05/kWh on top of that (Hydro One is the worst in that regard).
- gnicholas 3y agoWhich utility is this, and what type of plan are you on? The time-of-day based plans can have extremely high pricing during peak, to discourage non-essential usage during those hours. We are on PG&E and they moved us (involuntarily) from usage-based to time-of-day in 2021. But they promised to refund us after a year if it was more expensive on the new plan than it would have been on the old plan. It was, and we switched back. I don't think we pay even close to 67¢/kWh on the usage-based, unless we're like triple our base allotment (which we aren't, but might be if our PHEV were a full EV). Sometimes it's also possible to put the EV on a separate EV account, so that you can have your main house on usage-based and your EV on time-of-day. Given how much you're paying, I'd look into alternatives (or not charge during peak, which most people don't need to do).