What's the average electricity bill after getting the Spark?

[Poseymvp]

Hi,

I'm just curious how much have your electricity bill gone up after getting the Spark EV? I live in Bay Area and we have PG@E rates..

Thx

 

[Sparkler]

Hi,

I'm just curious how much have your electricity bill gone up after getting the Spark EV? I live in Bay Area and we have PG@E rates..

Thx

It all depends on your usage and your rate plan. E1, E9, etc.

I charge at night, and on my E6 rate Off Peak is 8.5 cents per KWh. I would pay a lot more to charge in the daytime, except on weekends. Even weekends now have some Partial Peak hours now, so I avoid those too.

 

[ecilopaveht]

I have not had my spark long enough to know.

But I do have a Volt that I got back in June and have noticed an increase of around $30 a month with the Volt. I have PGE in Oregon and our rates are around .11 cents per KWH this includes all the taxes.

 

[EVelyn]

Certianly not certified accounting here, but in the first full of having the EV, I monitored my utility monthly billing cycle... here is what I learned:

I drove about 1,000 miles, and charged every night using a 240v charger. My electric bill increased ~$50 over the prior month when I did not have the vehicle.

The next month, I drove about the same number of miles and noticed only a $30. increase over the base month...

So, somewhere between $30-$50/month for me. Obviosly, there is other variability in my electrical use (although nothing major that I can think of, like use of A/C, etc.)... And in my 3rd full month I noticed an incerase over the base month of only ~$20, although my miles driven that month was only ~700.

I am on an Electric Vehicle rate plan, and set the EV to only charge at night (delayed departure for 6am)...

So at the high-end, it's about $0.05 (5 cents) per mile driven in electricity costs. Compare than to my previous gas vehicle, which was about $0.28 per mile in fuel cost alone, and it's a terrific deal!

 

[blope]

I drive about 45 miles a day and charge on my 240v after midnight. My bill is about $50-$60 more per month than it was.

 

[iletric]

Find out what your new PG&E EV rate is. Mine is 4-5 cents with 19 cent peak. No tiers only TOU which is 2-9 pm weekdays and 3-7 pm weekends/holidays. Nighttime is 4 cents. Best deal ever.

When you sign up PG&E wants your VIN - it's only for residential EV users and no one else.

 

[cwerdna]

It all depends on your usage and your rate plan. E1, E9, etc.

Yep.

Find out what your new PG&E EV rate is. Mine is 4-5 cents with 19 cent peak. No tiers only TOU which is 2-9 pm weekdays and 3-7 pm weekends/holidays. Nighttime is 4 cents. Best deal ever.

When you sign up PG&E wants your VIN - it's only for residential EV users and no one else.

Which schedule is that? I can't get anywhere close to that good a deal.

I'm on E-6 Smart. NONE of the tiers or times are 4-5 cents/kwh, and there are tiers.

The worst deal for me is to switch to the EVA plan. I posted a screenshot of the estimator output not long ago at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=337391#p337391.

There is an estimator page at http://www.pge.com/cgi-bin/pevcalculator/PEV, but there's no Spark EV there. You could probably pick a Leaf or Fit EV as a decent proxy for it. Don't pick a Model S or esp. the Fisker Karma, Coda or Rav4 EV, as they're less efficient.

 

[rockytt]

I feel like I'm ready this wrong, but looked at SoCal Edison to see how their EV rates stack up -

If I do nothing, I'm looking at .13/kwh - 24/7
I I switch to their EV/Home plan I only pay .09 between midnight and 6AM, which sounds good, .12 between 6AM and 10AM, .12 between 6PM and midnight, also slightly better, and then a whopping .28 during the day(!).
Rough napkin calculation shows me that by using around 4 kwh during I would more than offset the savings by charging at night -
Please feel to correct my math, or at least apply a little precision and tell me I'm not crazy for just staying on the basic plan...

 

[NomadMac]

Is a separate meter required? Should I be running my pool pump at night?

 

[rockytt]

They claim they use the same meter-
My father on the other hand spent $100 for a special "time of use" meter - not 100% sure what it does for him. I believe that it ties into his roof solar panels, so that during the day he is selling power back to the grid at a much higher rate than he's being charged at night.

 

[Electricbowtie]

Is a separate meter required? Should I be running my pool pump at night?

You know, i bet switching to the term of use plan and running the pool pump on "off peak" will dramatically cut your power bill. You should look into it. I have the PG&E term of use plan for EV's and I only have one meter, but PG&E estimator page i save $400 per year on this plan compared to flat rate option.