Ormond
Endless Peacock
I assume from reading your posts that there isn't a financial benefit to scheduling charging after 10 pm with FP&L. Are there non-financial benefits?
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There is an FPL person tasked with EV and renewables. I do not have her name (Larry Chanin might). Unless things have changed very recently, AFAIK FPL does not have any retail consumer TOU rate incentives.I called FPL today about TOU and no one bad heard of it. A supervisor was able to pull up the website FAQ about it; but did not know anything more.
Based on what I am reading here I don't think it will make sense even with about 120kw per week in car charging.
Someone is supposed to give me a call back next week. We shall see...
The only demand I could realistically shift would be car charging and pool pump...
Maybe if I bought a powerwall
So what rate do you end up paying for peak/off peak? If you a powerwall or two, how much more do you think you could save? I'm trying to decide if there would be any benefit at all, or if their rate structure just makes it a waste of time.Yes, it's working now, and has been since those first 2.
Welcome to the forums.Any update on any FPL ToU EV charging details other than entire house on/off peak?
We currently live in MN & have 2 EV's ... I currently have a separate meter for the EV chargers which I'm able to get off-peak rates on. We're considering moving to Southern FL & I'm trying to get a sense if there's anything similar available. If we end up building a house I'd like to plan ahead for a separate meter too.
FPL's website has little to no helpful information about EV's (that I could find).
Separate topic ... based on what I've seen thus far about FPL online ... they get pretty low marks for customer service. For those of you who use them ... has that been your experience?
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Any update on any FPL ToU EV charging details other than entire house on/off peak?
Separate topic ... based on what I've seen thus far about FPL online ... they get pretty low marks for customer service. For those of you who use them ... has that been your experience?
I recently switched over to FPL's Time of Use program, I will provide a better update when the first billing cycle ends. It took me a while to get a contact @FPL to set everything up, but once I got a hold of Allen, the "ToU manager", everything got set up very quickly.
As for ToU rates, it's actually confusing as there are 4 different rates. I created a table for reference below (to the best that I understand it). Basically, it is the difference between on/off peak and the rate increases for every kwh after 1000 kwh.
For my specific situation, I use about 300kwh/mo for my model 3 on scheduled charging and put my water heater on a smart switch so most of my on-peak energy usage is the A/C. A/C is unavoidable here in FL, but manageable with a smart thermostat.
Let me know if you need anything else!
If you oversize by just a wee bit. since i went "permission to operate" havent bought much it seems, $21.69/month connect charge. I'm with LCEC in Lee countyHow did you calculate the 20/22 cent on-peak rates? Their rate table is confusing. Are you saying that the on-peak rate is an addition to the regular rate that they charge for <1000 or >1000? And the off peak rate is a subtraction from the regular rate?
How did you calculate the 20/22 cent on-peak rates? Their rate table is confusing. Are you saying that the on-peak rate is an addition to the regular rate that they charge for <1000 or >1000? And the off peak rate is a subtraction from the regular rate?
How did you calculate the 20/22 cent on-peak rates? Their rate table is confusing. Are you saying that the on-peak rate is an addition to the regular rate that they charge for <1000 or >1000? And the off peak rate is a subtraction from the regular rate?
I just switched over to FPL's ToU residential plan, after about a year of research.
Since getting a Tesla and rooftop solar (no batteries, but it offsets peak hours nicely), I was curious to see if I would save any money on the ToU plan. As alluded to in previous posts, information is very hard to come by. What I ended up doing, was to consume electricity as if I was on the Time of Use rate, over the last year. That consisted mainly of charging our Model X after 10PM.
Then last month I called FPL, and after speaking to a number of people, got them to do a rate analysis on my usage over the last year, and compare what I would have paid on the ToU rate vs what I actually paid. As I had a Smart Meter they had usage information down to the hour. They came up with 11% savings on ToU, so I told them to go ahead and switch me.
The next step for me is to try to figure out a payback period on two powerwalls. On the regular rate, powerwalls are only for backup during hurricanes, with no payback. With ToU there will be, although I am guessing it will not be a quick one. We've only lost power for 3 days or so at the time, every few years, due to hurricanes.
Smart meter makes a big difference. Here, you can download your data and using a tool or just some simple formulae in a spreadsheet you can calculate the difference.
https://www.fpl.com/smart-meters/pdf/energy-use.pdf
Can you download your own data from the dashboard and analyze it yourself?
(My utility has a dashboard thing, but when I used it several years ago it was clunky for analysis. I now have 2 meters so can't use it)
I just switched over to FPL's ToU residential plan, after about a year of research.
Since getting a Tesla and rooftop solar (no batteries, but it offsets peak hours nicely), I was curious to see if I would save any money on the ToU plan. As alluded to in previous posts, information is very hard to come by. What I ended up doing, was to consume electricity as if I was on the Time of Use rate, over the last year. That consisted mainly of charging our Model X after 10PM.
Then last month I called FPL, and after speaking to a number of people, got them to do a rate analysis on my usage over the last year, and compare what I would have paid on the ToU rate vs what I actually paid. As I had a Smart Meter they had usage information down to the hour. They came up with 11% savings on ToU, so I told them to go ahead and switch me.
The next step for me is to try to figure out a payback period on two powerwalls. On the regular rate, powerwalls are only for backup during hurricanes, with no payback. With ToU there will be, although I am guessing it will not be a quick one. We've only lost power for 3 days or so at the time, every few years, due to hurricanes.