PG&E rates for Electric Cars

Today there was a misleading article in the Oakland Tribune headlined "Power rates might make electric cars costly choice".  The article is not aware of PG&E's electric vehicle rates--E9A and E9B.  The E9A rate is the one we are using--it is a time of day rate that reimburses our solar power at 28 cents per kilowatt hour (kwh) in the peak hours of the summer (2 - 9 PM) and only charges 3.5 cents per kwh in the off-peak (midnight - 7 AM).    Since the car goes about 3.2 miles per kwh that is about 1 cent per mile!!  Also, the peak rate is more than the cost of the solar power--19 cents/kwh so it helps to bring down the cost of the solar power.  I calculate that my total cost for solar electricity will be about 12 cents/kwh.  Below is the exact rate schedule for both summer and winter for Oakland.  Note that there is no peak rate in the winter.

Summer rate schedule:

Rate Structure	Baseline	130%            Baseline	200%          Baseline	300%            Baseline
Territory T	249.0	323.7	498.0	747.0
Peak ($/kwh)	0.28741	0.30470	0.44575	0.55420
Partial Peak	0.09406	0.11135	0.25240	0.36207
Off Peak	0.03565	0.05294	0.13998	0.18172

Winter rate schedule:

Rate Structure	Baseline	130% Baseline	200% Baseline	300% Baseline
Territory T	294.0	382.2	588.0	882.0
Partial Peak	0.09394	0.11123	0.25227	0.36194
Off-Peak	0.04457	0.06186	0.13998	0.18172