tl;dr- Duke Energy Florida has a EV Off-peak charging monthly bill credit of $10.
I was disappointed to see that my Duke Energy Florida monthly bill that I had gotten used to being about ~$14/month had jumped to ~$35/month in January. That 2.5x increase I eventually learned is DEF's new minimum bill requirement that the Florida Public Service Commission voted to allow amongst other consumer cost increases.
In looking for details about this change I found the DEF Rate Schedule document for RS-1 and saw a paragraph that discussed an EV Off-peak charging credit of $10.
The DEF website is a bit of a challenge. Doing a Google search for 'duke energy florida net metering' returns this Net Metering - Duke Energy. But, selecting Florida drops you on a page that says: "We're sorry. This offering is not available in your area." Clicking around a bit on the website though you can eventually get to a Renewable Energy page that actually has the Net Metering information on it. (Also on this page is the DEF historical COG-1 rates [what they pay per kwh for excess generation] I believe too listed under 'Maximum Generating Facility Size'. As well as the questionable need for increased liability limits for solar systems of 10kW or more.)
It was the RS-1 rate information that I was looking for when I ended up on a page entitles simply Rates. Under a section called 'Retail Tariffs' there is a bunch of PDF links and a link to the Index of Rate Schedules and eventually to RS-1 Residential Service. And there on page 1 at the bottom is the reason for this post: Off-Peak Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Credit.
I wanted to learn more about what this program was and searched for additional information. Google searches returned nothing interesting looking for: Off-Peak electric vehicle charging credit. And, searches on Duke's website also yielded nothing. I did eventually find a paragraph referencing it but with no details. I also searched on TMC and found nothing about the credit either. So, I sent a request to Duke Energy via an online form and they sent this link back to me: Off Peak Credit - Duke Energy.
When you go to the link you'll find that it appears to be only partially functional based on the MENU drop down is missing a lot of detail relative to other Duke's pages.
The link shows requirements of the credit and a lot of relevant information. Note the "Level 2 charger (customer choice)" requirement; Tesla gen 2 mobile charger is sufficient. Going through the process there is an on-line application to fill out. You send in a couple of pictures showing registration and that your car can handle a start time of charging for off-peak hours. Then you wait a little bit for Duke to approve you.
Once approved... it gets a bit odd. I think depending on your vehicle you'll get referred out to a third-party. For me with my Tesla Model Y 2020 I was sent to Rolling Energy Resources. Give them your name and email address and then they do what I hope to be a token exchange between Tesla and yet another party using your Tesla login. This fourth party had a website of 'tesla.smartcar.com' and did an oauth out to Tesla. You are told after this what information they are being granted. (Sure, it might have been in one of the links that I didn't read that had a check-box saying I read them.)
The permissions that they are granted in all this is:
I am certain that for this $10 monthly credit that one or more of these companies will be selling information gleaned in this process.
After doing all this I received a confirmation email from: MyChargeConnect, but within it was all Duke Energy branding with a header of "EV COMPLETE".
I wouldn't expect the credit to show up this next month, but hopefully the one after that and it will partially off-set the new minimum bill requirement that sent me down this rabbit hole to begin with.
I was disappointed to see that my Duke Energy Florida monthly bill that I had gotten used to being about ~$14/month had jumped to ~$35/month in January. That 2.5x increase I eventually learned is DEF's new minimum bill requirement that the Florida Public Service Commission voted to allow amongst other consumer cost increases.
In looking for details about this change I found the DEF Rate Schedule document for RS-1 and saw a paragraph that discussed an EV Off-peak charging credit of $10.
The DEF website is a bit of a challenge. Doing a Google search for 'duke energy florida net metering' returns this Net Metering - Duke Energy. But, selecting Florida drops you on a page that says: "We're sorry. This offering is not available in your area." Clicking around a bit on the website though you can eventually get to a Renewable Energy page that actually has the Net Metering information on it. (Also on this page is the DEF historical COG-1 rates [what they pay per kwh for excess generation] I believe too listed under 'Maximum Generating Facility Size'. As well as the questionable need for increased liability limits for solar systems of 10kW or more.)
It was the RS-1 rate information that I was looking for when I ended up on a page entitles simply Rates. Under a section called 'Retail Tariffs' there is a bunch of PDF links and a link to the Index of Rate Schedules and eventually to RS-1 Residential Service. And there on page 1 at the bottom is the reason for this post: Off-Peak Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Credit.
Off-Peak Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Credit: Residential customers on this rate schedule and other residential customers that are not on a time-of-use rate schedule, have an EV charger at their residence, and are participating in the Off-Peak EV Charging Program in compliance with its terms are eligible to receive an off-peak EV charging credit of $10 per month.
The designated off-peak periods for the EV charging credit, expressed in terms of prevailing clock time shall be as follows:
(1) For all calendar months, Monday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
(2) For all calendar months, Weekends and Holidays: All hours
Customers must use the EV charger only during designated off-peak periods during the billing period; provided, however, that customers may have, at most, 2 occasions of opt-out charging in a billing period and still receive the EV off-peak charging credit in that billing period. An occasion of opt-out charging is defined as charging outside of the designated off-peak periods for 15 minutes or more at 3kW capacity or above.
I wanted to learn more about what this program was and searched for additional information. Google searches returned nothing interesting looking for: Off-Peak electric vehicle charging credit. And, searches on Duke's website also yielded nothing. I did eventually find a paragraph referencing it but with no details. I also searched on TMC and found nothing about the credit either. So, I sent a request to Duke Energy via an online form and they sent this link back to me: Off Peak Credit - Duke Energy.
When you go to the link you'll find that it appears to be only partially functional based on the MENU drop down is missing a lot of detail relative to other Duke's pages.
The link shows requirements of the credit and a lot of relevant information. Note the "Level 2 charger (customer choice)" requirement; Tesla gen 2 mobile charger is sufficient. Going through the process there is an on-line application to fill out. You send in a couple of pictures showing registration and that your car can handle a start time of charging for off-peak hours. Then you wait a little bit for Duke to approve you.
Once approved... it gets a bit odd. I think depending on your vehicle you'll get referred out to a third-party. For me with my Tesla Model Y 2020 I was sent to Rolling Energy Resources. Give them your name and email address and then they do what I hope to be a token exchange between Tesla and yet another party using your Tesla login. This fourth party had a website of 'tesla.smartcar.com' and did an oauth out to Tesla. You are told after this what information they are being granted. (Sure, it might have been in one of the links that I didn't read that had a check-box saying I read them.)
The permissions that they are granted in all this is:
I am certain that for this $10 monthly credit that one or more of these companies will be selling information gleaned in this process.
After doing all this I received a confirmation email from: MyChargeConnect, but within it was all Duke Energy branding with a header of "EV COMPLETE".
I wouldn't expect the credit to show up this next month, but hopefully the one after that and it will partially off-set the new minimum bill requirement that sent me down this rabbit hole to begin with.