help!! my electric bill almost doubled.. does the tesla stop charging after it is fully charged

[stevemc]

There are a couple of rate options for you. Check out your electric company's website: Get Started - Rates and Enrollment

And Rate section: Residential Rates

You should also reach out to their customer service for EV owners:

Contact Us
Call: (808) 543-GoEV (4638)
Email: [email protected]
Write to:
Hawaiian Electric Company, GoEV
CP-10 SR
P.O. Box 2750
Honolulu, Hawaii 96840-001

 

[Sophias_dad]

Another obvious thing is to check your tripmeters to see how many kwh your car thinks its used, and if it matches your bill

 

[M3BlueGeorgia]

Aloha,

You might want to consider a time of use plan. The rates would be:

• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: 12.6 cents/kWh
• 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.: 40.9 cents/kWh
• 10 p.m. to 9 a.m.: 31.9 cents/kWh

Wow, that's an amazing schedule and pretty hairy rates.
My cheapest rate is between midnight and 6am, and our rates are about one third of yours.

Also, switch off Summon Standby (on by default) which hits battery.
And review whether Sentry mode is required when parked at home.

 

[woodguyatl]

Wow, that's an amazing schedule and pretty hairy rates.
My cheapest rate is between midnight and 6am, and our rates are about one third of yours.

Also, switch off Summon Standby (on by default) which hits battery.
And review whether Sentry mode is required when parked at home.

It looks like you are in GA like me but I am in Honolulu a lot. Typically for 2 weeks in the Summer and 2 weeks in the Winter. I don't remember ever using the HVAC in house. Record high there is 95 and record low is 52.

 

[Rottenapplr]

Hawaii has pretty terrible rated. I thought Socal Edison was bad.

If anyone is truly interested I will debunk the electricians false narrative and I will take a note of my kwh once my car is charged to see what the trickle charge rate is and how much it cost to keep my car plugged in for x number of hours. I drive the car 4x a week and keep it plugged and charged to 50-60% when I don’t drive it.

 

[brkaus]

I got my electric company to send a guy out to check out my meter after getting bill that doubled. he said it was from my teslas. He said once it is fully charges it is still on charging. How do I stop this?

how do i set my tesla to not keep charging once it fully charged?

im wondering why no one suggested putting a bucket under the charge cable to capture the overflow? Then just carefully pour it back in.

 

[hugh_jassol]

I got my electric company to send a guy out to check out my meter after getting bill that doubled. he said it was from my teslas. He said once it is fully charges it is still on charging. How do I stop this?

how do i set my tesla to not keep charging once it fully charged?

First - You need to look at how much electricity (in kWh) you use each month and post it here - without data it's impossible to know. Also, how much do you drive each day?

Second, the tesla stops charging when it;s full - there's no need to unplug to make it stop. As some others have said, if the battery drops more than 1% or so, it will start charging again for a few min to top off, but this takes a long time (like a day or so).

 

[Blup85]

Haha... what's your gas bill look like?

 

[Dutchie]

My electricity bill went up quite a lot too; more than expected. But I realized that I am driving more than twice as much as I did in my gas car. It's so fun and convenient that I don't think about wether to take the car or not.

 

[ivy_]

Interesting rate plan for off peak and shoulder.

Yes. Almost the opposite of a time of day plan here.

 

[Sophias_dad]

im wondering why no one suggested putting a bucket under the charge cable to capture the overflow? Then just carefully pour it back in.

Why do you think they call it 'trickle' charging?

 

[KenC]

I got my electric company to send a guy out to check out my meter after getting bill that doubled. he said it was from my teslas. He said once it is fully charges it is still on charging. How do I stop this?

how do i set my tesla to not keep charging once it fully charged?

You are charging more than one Tesla?

 

[SigNC]

Crazy how inverted that time of use layout is. Makes sense when you think of it in context of Hawaii but just very different nonetheless.

 

[user212_nr]

thanks everyone I will look into every ones advice and also look at it from how much more kilowatts am I using. HECO has me not plugging in my tesla tonight so they can compare a night with it and a night without it plugged in. Unfortunately having 3 jobs and working 7 days a week only allows me to charge at night which is probably the most expensive time to be charging but I ate not choice so I may have to live with this higher electric bill.
to answer someones question I went from pay the normal service charge only of $26 a month to $140 lat month.

Thanks again to everyone for you post and help... I still love my tesla and wouldn't trade it for any other car.. gas or electric..
you guys and gals are the best!

Mahalo from Hawaii....

Well looks like you are stuck... you can save a few dollars by charging after 10pm as some have stated. You might look into an energy storage system that takes the energy from solar or at the day-rate, but you probably break even at best.

Other options:
--- Find a way to charge at work (at least one of your 3 jobs should offer you something, though metering will be a tough thing)
--- Take one day off a week or work a late shift.

 

[user212_nr]

Look at this link:

Hawaii Energy - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

5k for installation at a business location

Also, take a look at this link - it appears that the "time of use" rates are optional, and you can spend less by going to a single-rate system for your EV and/or house.

Residential Rates