EVDRIVER
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Spies said:Did PG&E happen to give you the math they used to come to this conclusion? To say that all of your charging would be at no less than tier 4 is not really an accurate statement unless your plan was to somehow stay on E1 and not go to E9A or E9B.BlueSL said:All of my EV charging would have been at no less than Tier 4 and PG&E estimated it was going to cost me $300 monthly. Since my Nissan Altima Hybrid costs me about $100-120 a month in gas, I thought the $180 a month premium to own a plug-in was a bit much from a policy perspective.
One thing that was mentioned in another thread was that PG&E could certainly offer hooking up a smart meter at the EVSE in series with the rest of the house. PG&E could then easily subtract the usage of the EVSE meter from the main meter to determine how much to charge for the rest of the house. That way pretty much anyone would have the choice to go to the E9B rate for the EVSE and stay on any rate they want for the rest of the house with much smaller up front cost. No idea why this is not yet available for those that are in areas that are already served by smart meters.
Here is a link to a document that mentions series metering:
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4B8FE1E8-6DB1-47BD-BC5D-01CB9A872017/0/PGEAcceleratingtheInstallationofHomeChargingEquipment.pdf
I've heard the UL approval excuse and others. In SF it would not be allowed if they even offered it, in our very non EV friendly town.