EV electricity plans

[khayyam]

Has anyone done a comparison of the EV and night rate plans available these days? There seem to be a lot more offerings than there were a few years ago.

We've still got the meridian EV plan and it seems to be about the same for us as the contact good nights, depending on how much you think you can squeeze into the 3 free hours. The genesis EV plan seems to be slightly more, unless you use chargenet a lot. Has anyone found any new offerings to be significantly better than these? I do know that of course it varies by location. Unfortunately comparisons like powerswitch don't seem to include any of the EV plans.

 

[meloccom]

Have you tried Ecotricity?

 

[Audietron]

Have you tried Ecotricity?

They are the best.... we have flat charges $0.08/unit round the clock... day/night doesn't matter. no free goodies or free hours, just plain cheap electricity. and pays double for export of our solar.

 

[Steve_Chch]

For where I am Meridian's EV plan (which has off-peak from 9pm to 7am) was initially a little high on their initial quote but turned out the cheapest overall after I went back with Contact's numbers (a little higher day rate but the night rate worked out well).

 

[khayyam]

They are the best.... we have flat charges $0.08/unit round the clock... day/night doesn't matter. no free goodies or free hours, just plain cheap electricity. and pays double for export of our solar.

Interesting how much it varies by location. For us (auckland north shore) ecotricity is about 50% more than meridian! I'd jump on $0.08/kwh day/night for sure.

 

[m3lol]

What’s the daily charge though?

I’m in Wellington with Trustpower at the moment - I was part of their EV trial where they supplied and installed a 32A charger in my home for free. My rates are:

12c between 11pm to 7am
20c between 7am to 11pm
Daily charge of $1.80 per day.

I do all my car charging at night so it has worked out quite well.

I will look to shop around for rates once I come off this trial in a few months.

 

[m3lol]

I was weary of the contact 3-hours free because the rates were higher on average.

I also once had the washing machine, dryer, heatpump, dishwasher and car charging and I tripped a breaker.

 

[khayyam]

Meridian ev for us is 1.75/day, .21 day .12 night (9pm to 7am).

I have a similar reservation about trying to squeeze everything into 9pm to midnight for contact. I want to run the dishwasher overnight when I don’t have to listen to it, not when I’m awake!

 

[tr1ple]

I have been looking at OctopusEnergy 2.59/day .25 peek .20 off peek .13 nigh11pm-7am plug .17 solar buy inc gst
but wating to see what Genesis can offer with thear chargenet deal

 

[m3lol]

Just signed up to Genesis as they were door knocking this week.

Day rate - 17c
Night rate - 10c (from 9pm-7am)
Daily charge 1.75

Wellington based.

 

[Audietron]

Just signed up to Genesis as they were door knocking this week.

Day rate - 17c
Night rate - 10c (from 9pm-7am)
Daily charge 1.75

Wellington based.

Without contract 8c 24x7 at ecotricity... North shore Auckland, but they should have similar everywhere

 

[m3lol]

Not where I am, ecotricity is 15c night 18c off peak, and 24c peak

Daily charge is 1.85

 

[khayyam]

Without contract 8c 24x7 at ecotricity... North shore Auckland, but they should have similar everywhere

Crazy. We are also north shore and ecotricity is 22c/kwh for us! +2.11/day, inc gst. Are we talking about the "eco anytime" plan or something special?

 

[Audietron]

Crazy. We are also north shore and ecotricity is 22c/kwh for us! +2.11/day, inc gst. Are we talking about the "eco anytime" plan or something special?

This is most recent bill... north shore, Auckland.

I used to think it's plan, but it's 20 years price protection I received from solarzero (solarcity) as I am solar panel customer.

So it's special rate fixed for another 18 years

 

[m3lol]

Ahh so you pay a monthly fee on top of your actual usage.

 

[Audietron]

Ahh so you pay a monthly fee on top of your actual usage.

yeah same hidden charges as everyone else I guess... network and daily charges.... most are there regardless we use electricity or not.

sharing snapshot for better understanding... nothing confidential there.

 

[m3lol]

No, I meant the monthly subscription price paid to solarzero that gives you access to the preferential ecotricity rate.

Unless you own the solar system outright?

 

[khayyam]

Ah I see thanks. $0.08/kwh "energy" charges but also $0.1378/kwh "network" charges peak and $0.0603/kwh off peak. Add them up and it's ~0.21/kwh peak and ~0.14/kwh off peak, which is about what it shows me. So I think the difference is just in splitting the two charges vs quoting them together.

 

[Audietron]

No, I meant the monthly subscription price paid to solarzero that gives you access to the preferential ecotricity rate.

Unless you own the solar system outright?

I own solar panel now... but when joined ecotricity via them, they added me to their group buy plan... so for 20 years price is fixed.

Ah I see thanks. $0.08/kwh "energy" charges but also $0.1378/kwh "network" charges peak and $0.0603/kwh off peak. Add them up and it's ~0.21/kwh peak and ~0.14/kwh off peak, which is about what it shows me. So I think the difference is just in splitting the two charges vs quoting them together.

You mean you don't pay network charges? and daily charges? only per unit?
I thought network charges were there for everyone regardless of usage. it's there with all providers to cover cost of maintaining infrastructure.... but if don't contribute to that network cost - you got best plan in New Zealand.

 

[khayyam]

Oh we all pay them. It's just a question of how you quote the prices, with or without. A bit like trying to compare prices with GST to those without.