Just curious the range of electricity prices people are paying. I know we have it pretty good where we live from reading the rates in California...
Our cost is 9.515c/kWh for the first 300kWh and 8.286c/kWh after that (per month). We're on Rappahannock Electric Coop in central Virginia.
I checked on off-peak charging and I don't think it makes sense for us:
I have our garage on a separate meter and could get a Time of Use (off peak) schedule, but the rates for that would be 21.578c/kWh (20.348c/kWh after 300kWh) on peak* and 6.074c/kWh off peak (4.844c/kWh after 300kWh).
* they define on-peak as: May thru Sept 3-7pm on weekdays (excluding weekends, Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day)
Oct-April 6-9am and 5-8pm on weekdays, excluding weekends, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day)
Not sure if it's worth doing the on/off-peak think because if I did need to charge during peak hours (or use other stuff), the 21.578c/kWh would be a killer!
The upside is saving 3.5c/kWh but the downside is paying an extra 12c/kWh during peak hours.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]To charge the Tesla from empty (which wouldn't happen that often) would theoretically take 85kWh, which on the regular rate would be $8.08, and on the off peak rate it would be $5.73 (both the under 300kWh price).[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]At the over 300kWh price it would be $7.02 on the regular plan and $4.12 on the offpeak plan.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The drawback of the on-peak plan is that any power used at the on-peak times about is pricey! Charging the car during those times would be $18.34. Cheaper than gas, but, not cheap![/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Could definitely charge the car on the cheap from 8pm-6am and 9am-5pm Oct-April and 7pm-3pm May thru Sept... though. So... the off-peak plan might make sense (for our detached garage only).[/FONT]
Our cost is 9.515c/kWh for the first 300kWh and 8.286c/kWh after that (per month). We're on Rappahannock Electric Coop in central Virginia.
I checked on off-peak charging and I don't think it makes sense for us:
I have our garage on a separate meter and could get a Time of Use (off peak) schedule, but the rates for that would be 21.578c/kWh (20.348c/kWh after 300kWh) on peak* and 6.074c/kWh off peak (4.844c/kWh after 300kWh).
* they define on-peak as: May thru Sept 3-7pm on weekdays (excluding weekends, Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day)
Oct-April 6-9am and 5-8pm on weekdays, excluding weekends, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day)
Not sure if it's worth doing the on/off-peak think because if I did need to charge during peak hours (or use other stuff), the 21.578c/kWh would be a killer!
The upside is saving 3.5c/kWh but the downside is paying an extra 12c/kWh during peak hours.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]To charge the Tesla from empty (which wouldn't happen that often) would theoretically take 85kWh, which on the regular rate would be $8.08, and on the off peak rate it would be $5.73 (both the under 300kWh price).[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]At the over 300kWh price it would be $7.02 on the regular plan and $4.12 on the offpeak plan.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The drawback of the on-peak plan is that any power used at the on-peak times about is pricey! Charging the car during those times would be $18.34. Cheaper than gas, but, not cheap![/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Could definitely charge the car on the cheap from 8pm-6am and 9am-5pm Oct-April and 7pm-3pm May thru Sept... though. So... the off-peak plan might make sense (for our detached garage only).[/FONT]
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