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PG&E EV-A Plan

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by MikeDee, Sep 11, 2017.

  1. MikeDee

    MikeDee Senior Member

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    Can someone give me their interpretation of this? Does this mean there is no partial peak on weekends and holidays?

    TIME PERIODS: Times of the year and times of the day are defined as follows:

    All Year:peak: 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Holidays.

    Partial-Peak: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays.

    Off-Peak: All other hours.

    HOLIDAYS: “Holidays” for the purposes of this rate schedule are New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor I Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The dates will be those on which the holidays are legally observed.
     
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    You tried calling them? That breakdown of when to use the air-conditioner and other things is just too hard for us to keep track of so were still on the same .20c/kwh rate all day :( thankfully we're still making it under Tier 1 most months.
     
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    There are no partial peak rates on weekends. Also a Prime uses 200 kWh per month, 1 charge per day 6.6 kWh x 30 days. Unless you use ~200 kWh above Tier 2. it's not clear cut that that EV-A will save you money. Those peak and partial peak rates really hurt. The rate plan works well for a Nissan Leaf or Tesla that uses more than 200kWh a month but for our PiP and Prime, you have to be careful.

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    NOTE: Weekends and holidays only include Peak (3-7 p.m.) and Off-Peak (all other hours) periods.
     
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    EV-A works if you have solar (better for me than ETOU-A, according to PG&E Toolkit).
     
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    NeilPeart Hybrid & PiP Convert

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    EV-A has saved me ~ $50 per month but we follow the guidelines pretty well and have reasonably efficient equipment.
     
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