How much to buy and install a charging station?

No smart meters in LA yet? Is it $8 to read every meter or just $8 for a second meter?

We've had them in NoCal for ~2 years. Of course we've had all the nut cases claiming that the wireless signals give them medical problems so they've now implemented a way to opt out. I would like to see a study of the people "who can tell" they have a smart meter installed before and after (along with people who still have neighbors with them, etc.)

Mike

 

It's specifically for TOU meters. Regardless of whether it's your primary or secondary or tertiary …just having a TOU meter carries a $8/month "service" fee for each meter.

 

$8 for a TOU metered service for a PiP that is going to use 90-100 kWh per month seems expensive. Your starting off with 9 cents per kWh overhead before any actual kWh charges.

 

Yep. It's meant for EVs, not a baby EV

 

I have been drawing down about 400 kWh for about 1300 miles of EV each month. As long as I was going to a TOU rate that was 3 cents lower or more it makes sense. Unfortunatly my coop hasn't implement TOU yet, but at 11 cents I'm not complaining. I do 95% of my charging at public stations with an EV subscription for $4/month which works out to about 1 cent per kWh, or a 34 cent gallon of gasoline

 

Wow...seems backwards. You think that they would want to encourage TOU metering for lots of people. This (in theory) helps to reduce the max summer peak.

I just signed up for the PG&E Smart Rate program that does this. During June to Sep my rates are lowered 2 or 3 cents per kwh all the time in exchange they get to have 15 peak days where I get charged about 6x the normal rate from 2pm to 7pm. They notify me (by email, text, voice mail) 1-2 days in advance, always a weekday. I have a low bill to start with since I don't have A/C, so for me this is a deal. And since we all have smart meters that record by the hour it requires nothing but software for the utility.

Mike

 

yep, agreed 100%. i'm also on the smart rate program, but i should really switch to the full-time TOU plan – just haven't done it because it requires you to call them!