Checking in to see how many of you are following the directives that the California Public Utilities gave to PG&E regarding rates and Sub-Metering. I went so far as to call the PUC offices and reached a very njce staff member that is part of supporting the meetings on the topic.
First the good news - there is hope that PG&E will be presenting a new rate Time of Use in the next week or so. This is supposed to bring them in line with the flat rates used by San Diego and So Cal Edision. Fingers and toes crossed for a fast track approval. New rates by the Holidays?!
In regards to sub-metering so that you can have a single service but isolate EV charging is on a MUCH slower track. The reason is not that this can't technically be done - it is agreeing on a protocol between utilities, smartmeters, EVs, billing systems, etc. PUC is calling for protocols to be submitted in June 2012. I'm guessing that pushes that out trials and market ready offering until 2013.
Any one else following this closely? This is a topic near and dear to us as we live on the central coast where baselines are small and our roof is not good candidate for solar. Still on E1 plan at the moment.
First the good news - there is hope that PG&E will be presenting a new rate Time of Use in the next week or so. This is supposed to bring them in line with the flat rates used by San Diego and So Cal Edision. Fingers and toes crossed for a fast track approval. New rates by the Holidays?!
In regards to sub-metering so that you can have a single service but isolate EV charging is on a MUCH slower track. The reason is not that this can't technically be done - it is agreeing on a protocol between utilities, smartmeters, EVs, billing systems, etc. PUC is calling for protocols to be submitted in June 2012. I'm guessing that pushes that out trials and market ready offering until 2013.
Any one else following this closely? This is a topic near and dear to us as we live on the central coast where baselines are small and our roof is not good candidate for solar. Still on E1 plan at the moment.