In Florida with Duke Energy we just got notified that starting Jan 1
2022 there will be a $30 minimum bill amount (in addition to the current
$11.45 connection fee).
I would prefer they raise the connection fee on everybody as opposed to
just charging solar people, part year residents, and people who use very
little power a minimum amount each month.
Jay
On 10/5/21 6:11 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote:
This from one EVDL member remindign me of how bad some utilities
are at progress. I removed his info since I didnt wait for permission
to repost:
In Maryland it costs me $8/mo to be grid tied.
His cost is more like $70/mo or more!
I agree, I woiuld be buldozing a path to "off grid" designs there.
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Actually, it's even worse than that. When I originally came up
with the $70 a month figure my wife wasn't working. Now she
volunteers at the XXXX 5 days a week. That uses about 10kwh
per day EV charging and, she has to charge mostly when the
sun isn't shining.
The new 'Solar Customer' pricing is $50 a month for grid
connection plus about $15 a month for taxes and other fees,
plus now instead of banking power for free, I get paid
wholesale for each kWh I push and charged retail for every
kwh I pull from the grid. The difference is about 8 cents per kwh.
So next year when this goes into effect I'll pay on average
$36 a month for banking power, plus the $65 mentioned above.
SO closer to $100 a month even though I'm net zero (well
surplus actually) on power.
I'm building a 10kwh solar charging station to offset most
EV charging costs and then, I'm going off-grid.
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