rowdydoody
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- Aug 12, 2010
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So I had a call with SMUD on Friday to better understand the reduced rate for electric vehicles. Apparently, they are working on a publication to give further guidance and it will be posted to their site in the next 2-3 weeks. The way it was described to me makes zero sense. They plan to give a reduced rate for charging - reducing the fee by $.02/kwh. Sounds good, the only problem is - they make you buy an additional meter to connect to the charging station and it costs around $250! I asked the guy - does this make any sense to anyone at SMUD?? He said, it certainly will for those who put in more miles....then I started to question my own thinking...be ready, this is SMUD I thought...
From my perspective this is idiotic. I drive about 40 miles a day. So, if 23kw = 100 miles, then I'm looking at about 9kwh/day. So, with the meter installed, I can save about $.18/day or $5.40/month. Hmmm....so the payback on the meter alone is 46 months or about 4 years. So, I have to drive for 4 years to be able to buy a meter that is supposed to incentize the use of electric vehicles. Is this just a way for SMUD to sell meters?
This kind of crap is seriously causing me to question public utilities...and the state of politics in Sacramento...
From my perspective this is idiotic. I drive about 40 miles a day. So, if 23kw = 100 miles, then I'm looking at about 9kwh/day. So, with the meter installed, I can save about $.18/day or $5.40/month. Hmmm....so the payback on the meter alone is 46 months or about 4 years. So, I have to drive for 4 years to be able to buy a meter that is supposed to incentize the use of electric vehicles. Is this just a way for SMUD to sell meters?
This kind of crap is seriously causing me to question public utilities...and the state of politics in Sacramento...