Cost of electricity in CA for Prius plug in

use this calcualtor, you can down load your last year of hourly usage data and then it will compare what rate is better for you , a nice ap, and now with the smart meter you can get the data to give you the answer
https://www.pev4me.com/
for me E9 was better even without solar although i have solar so E9 is an easy choice​

Read more: http://priuschat.com/threads/e9-or-e6-pg-e-schedule.114797/#ixzz25tbcBWu0

 

Jump from tier 2 to tier 3 on my last 5 statement days after I purchased PIP. You will expect $15-$20 more.

 

a day? or per month?

 

That all turns on how frequently per day you charge at home.

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Are you on the E1 rate plan?

 

On my rate plan, which I switched to being more PHEV car friendly, it's 19 cents an hour to charge and it's a 3-hr charge. About $18 a month if I charge nightly, every night.

 

OP needs to answer many questions, such as their rate schedule and what tiers they're in now. If they're on a TOU plan, what tiers are in they in, when they charge?

 

PG&E's regular rate for residential service is E-1 and uses tiered rates which increase due to increased energy consumption to encourage conservation but which are the same regardless of the time of day. For electric vehicle owners they also allow switching to an "experimental" E-9 rate that is tiered but charges different rates depending on the time of day and winter vs. summer. This E-9 rate is now being phased out in favor of a new "EV" rate which is not tiered by usage but is charged by time of use. Overnight off-peak charging will be $0.097 per kWh.

You can find a recent slide presentation given by PG&E to a Nissan LEAF owners group (SF BayLEAFs) about the old and new rates at Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire.

The new rates will become available in a few months at which point the older E-9 rates will no longer be available to new users but will be retained for about 2 years for existing users during a transition period.

 

I am on a plan that has lower rates at nite...a charge costs me about $0.16...I program the car to turn on at midnight...

 

I Duno ... Call me wackey ... if I wanted to buy a Prius "today" ... I'd have already done the math as to what my utility charges me for electricity ... weather the charge is for nighttime - daytime - holiday - weekend - summer - winter - heavy use - light use etc. Isn't buying a Prius 'today' ... & then inquiring about electricity costs putting the horse before the cart?? I'd at least do a little bit of my own " electricity costs" homework before I ask somebody else. because who knows anyway - if all/any of us PC'rs know what the heck were talking about. Like I said .... call me wackey.

SGH-I717R ? 2

 

I think that sometimes, even WITH all the numbers, it's still a little difficult because of the variability of programs for EV/PHEV from California electricity providers. For me, I could go with TOU, but I'd end up spending MORE because of the way it's set up. I could spend some money for a sub-meter and then I'd SAVE money, but not really until I'd paid for the sub-meter and its installation. Regardless, even if you do a diligent job of finding out what will happen to your energy use profile with a Pip in the driveway, there are still lots of other variables to work through.
In So Cal, it's not hard to land in Tier 3 land with central air and a few other goodies - at least from August through October. So that's yet another variable to consider.

 

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Yep, there are several electricity providers in California (e.g. PG&E, SCE, etc.).

 

How are you getting the 3.4 kw total? Book says 12A @ 3 hours = approx 4.5 kw to charge.

SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 ? 2

 

That maybe accounts for loss pushing power into the pack as well as loss experienced charging at 120 volts - which is worse than loss @ 240v.

A500 ? 2

 

Several members here have measured the current used to fully charge a depleted battery, using instruments such as Kill-A-Watt.

 

last nite I charged my battery that was fully depleted (ICE came on when I pulled into my parking spot to charge) Kill A Watt reading: 2.86KWH

 

on 9-6-2012 EV remaining before charge: .1 mile, full charge Kill A Watt reading: 3.06KWH

 

AND........if you're a ChargePoint customer you can get KWH readings from their website when you plug your car in at their stations. which use either 240 volts or 120 volts to charge up.