So, I just went to the website of the power provider for the San Diego area. They offer a special TOU rate for EV drivers of $0.09 per kWh from midnight to 6:00 AM. There is also a $16.00 per month service charge for that plan.
Something is wrong with that picture. Does not make sense. The OP may need to do some more homework.
They do offer a TOU plan, and we have zero idea if the OP signed up for it (Probably not). That can usually help with electricity costs.... unless you are not able to shift electric usage, and use a lot of power during the rest of the time. For example, that plan you mentioned has a 9 cent charge for "super off peak" pricing, for charging your car, but pretty much all other times outside of midnight to 6am and 10 am to 2pm is 31 cents.
That TOU plan is not going to help this OP though because they are charging off 120v vs per their information.
You will notice that the times On peak are carefully crafted to be when you might actually be using power (off peak stops at 6am when you likely are getting up to go to work, and starts back up again at 10am, then ends again at 2pm).
@srs5694
We could... if the OP had actually provided more information. I changed the thread title from the "clickbait style, alarmist" thread title it was, to something much more conducive to discussion, partially in the hope that they might get some feedback. The original thread title would have brought a different type of response, IMO.
The OP is also comparing apples to kumquats, because its been hotter out here (as it always is) august and september.
Shrug... In a nutshell, the post is "My electric bill is higher! (even though there are other variables I am not taking into account). They spent some time doing math to get gas equivalents that may or may not be correct, they could have put that same time into looking at what rate plans they might want to be on to limit charging costs, and why it would make sense for them to get a 240v charger installed so they can charge fully during the off peak rate times.
CA is one of those places where, because of TOU charges, and high electric costs, it absolutely makes sense to get fast enough charging to completely charge your car in a 6 hour window, from 12 midnight to 6am. They should start there, rather than posting about 15 dollars a gallon gas equivalent costs.