Charging price increase

[Ph0211]

Why has charging at superchargers in Alberta increased 100%? This seems excessive and there was no warning. Why aren’t the news stations talking about this?

 

[GtiMart]

Tesla don't have a comms department I think... but the information was distributed through the various Tesla "magazines" / new web sites like InsideEVs, Teslarati etc...

 

[Lightbulb]

I believe it has something to do with a law having to bill per kwh instead of per min like they used to. It’s pretty ridiculous especially since power is so cheap here. I don’t use the super chargers much, but it sure was nice only paying 40 bucks to go to Vancouver. I expect that to be close to 100+ now

 

[swaltner]

@Lightbulb, the laws that exist are that only utility companies are able to bill customers by the kWh. Where these laws exist, Tesla charges by the minute. Everywhere else, Tesla bills by their preferred unit, the kWh. The logic on those laws is that only utility companies are required to use “utility grade metering” to be precise on reading how much energy the consumer actually used. This is kind of like how gas pumps have to be tested on a regular basis for measurement precision on how much gasoline is being dispensed.

 

[Lightbulb]

Yeah I realize now that the price increase is due to Tesla rolling out this tiered system before Measurements Canada has sorted out a kwh billing method. Tesla should seriously be rolling back this pricing method here until this is sorted out. Paying $25 for a charge that used to cost me $11-13. Was pricing out a road trip out east and it was going to cost Damn near the same as a new decently efficient gas car. Just silly