Price per KW to charge at home🏠

[Furrydad]

$0.135 24/7 just north of Houston in a part of the state that is not in the competition area

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[priceb]

$0.0499 (10pm-6am) on Haywood EMC in North Carolina

 

[Highpi]

19 cents...Sacramento, Ca.

 

[RLXXI]

$0.13 in S. Louisiana. Well, it actually works out to $0.126894 etc etc.... so 13 cents.

 

[Bushwood CC]

$0.068 from 8 pm to 8 am. It’s higher at other times but never charge then. That’s offset by selling my solar back at $0.12

 

[The Weatherman]

Constant Rate of .13$ per KWH in South Central KY.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

I get Paid 3 Cents per kWh {solar + Grizzl-E Club rebate}

now that I have your attention lol : ok only in better solar time of year, and yeah not so much in November as solar is slim this time of year.
ULO 11pm to 7am is now 3.9c plus a couple cents delivery, minus the 3-cent GEC rate = 3 cents net for winter, neg 3 cents spring-summer-early fall.

 

[BhamDCam]

$0.154 / kWh from 9pm - 5am in AL.

 

[Jseis]

6.4 cents per kWh year round here in the SW of the SW of WA state. My average daily use is 34-40 KWh. Our source is the local PUD/Bonneville Power Administration.

 

[WXman]

$0.13 here, which sadly would be a lot lower if not for the fuel surcharges and environmental fees that hit us hard during the previous administration.

The people saying they pay $0.00 because they have solar systems should put a little bit of context into that claim. Solar systems aren't free. Usually the upfront cost is enormous.

 

[molsonmatt]

.33 peak. .23 off peak program in jersey. :-/

 

[boggle]

Supply: 8.590 ¢/kWh
Transmission: 4.433 ¢/kWh
Delivery: 7.827 ¢/kWh
Public Benefits: 4.162 ¢/kWh

Net: 25.012 ¢/kWh

Obligatory f**k Eversource.

 

[Mike G]

.11 kWh 24/7/365 here in N. Alabama (TVA, Browns Ferry, Wheeler Dam hydro, etc.)

 

[MountainAlive]

These prices are making me cry. Paying a a flat $0.34 in MA when you add up all the fees and charges on the monthly electric bill. Working on adding some solar.

 

[hturnerfamily]

as you can see, electricity 'rates' can be all over the place depending on where you live, or better-yet, 'which' utility you are connected to... some utilities offer numerous different rate plans, especially those for us with overnight charging needs, and some offer absolutely NO rate plans, other than 'residential' versus 'commercial'... I've seen both. Sometimes you neighbor, right next door, is on a competing utility, and may have great options, while you have none, etc.

GA Power was my former utility: they offered several different rate plans, including 2cent overnight p/kWh in their 'EV Charge Overnight' plan. But, beware, that also means that during the afternoon hours, in the heat of the summer, your p/kWh rate is more than 20cents. You have to know, and be careful, when and how you use your power. They also have a large part of their bill that is 'secret', where there is no explanation of how they arrive at those charges, and they can't tell you, either. You can certainly stay with the standard 15cent p/kwh 'residential' plan, but then you have no potential cost savings, ever.

The EMC in the same area, right next door, has no rate plan options, although their base 'residential' rate may only be 12cents p/kWh, 24/7.

The EMC I have now, in a different area, is a base residential rate of 12cents, and while they offer a overnight charging plan, of sorts, I don't like the way it is designed, as you must remain on this plan for 12 continuous months, without any ability to change, even if it doesn't work well for your situation. It has worked out well with us having just the basic residential plan.

Another larger EMC, where one of my sons lives, offers a special EV rate plan, where the overnight 11pm to 7am rate is ZERO, for the first so many kWh, then it goes to a higher-than-average rate, for the balance of the month - that might seem alluring, but also could be dangerous if you exceed the 'free' amount and have extensive charging during the end of the month timeframe...


now, as to any of these, I've personally never seen any major spike or 'increase' in our overall monthly bill simply because we 'charge' our EVs, mainly overnight... sure, it is certainly an increased KWH of usage, no doubt, but I've never bristled at the thought that I am somehow paying 'too much' for our EVs to charge at home. My calculations may come out to about $1 or so, per day, on average, charging both to 100% as often as needed during the month. Our average utility bill might be as high as $250-$275 during the summer a/c months, and as low as $150-$175 during those temperate spring and fall months. Maybe $30-$75 of that is charging costs.

Electrical rates and what you ultimately 'pay' to charge your EV is simply too variable around the country to 'compare' with most others...just like the price of GAS is different. My third son just mentioned this gas disparity the other day, during a visit. He said that prices were the same here, as they were where they live in the North of the state, 250 miles away... everything in between is considerably higher.

Owning an EV, and charging at home, is simply the same equation most of us have dealt with for all of our lives with GAS vehicles - whether we thought about it much, or not: rates are different everywhere - where we live and work determines our ultimate outcome cost and ownership to ANY type of vehicle.

and, I'd like to say that while some benefit from 'solar', it is still a very expensive proposition - whether you pay a higher-than-desired electric rate, or you pay a hefty bill to purchase and pay for and maintain 'solar', there is probably little difference, especially if you don't stay at that location for the next 20 years.

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