PG&E (our electric/gas utility company) has a new website to help people install electrical work for electric cars. You can check it out at: PG&E website on electric vehicles
The site is useful for explaining how to make sure your wiring is correct for the charging of your car. Last December, we upgraded our panel from an old fusebox to a modern circuit breaker box and added a 220/240 volt circuit in anticipation of getting the Volt. We also worked with PG&E to learn about the E9A and the E9B rates. Their new website does not make it clear that the E9B rate (separate meter for the car) is the way to go if you do not have solar panels on the roof and that the E9A rate is the way to go if you do have solar panels since you can take advantage of the low rate at night for charging the car (about 5 cents per kwh) and the high rate during summer peak (28 cents per kwh) when the solar panels are producing a lot of their output.
The site is useful for explaining how to make sure your wiring is correct for the charging of your car. Last December, we upgraded our panel from an old fusebox to a modern circuit breaker box and added a 220/240 volt circuit in anticipation of getting the Volt. We also worked with PG&E to learn about the E9A and the E9B rates. Their new website does not make it clear that the E9B rate (separate meter for the car) is the way to go if you do not have solar panels on the roof and that the E9A rate is the way to go if you do have solar panels since you can take advantage of the low rate at night for charging the car (about 5 cents per kwh) and the high rate during summer peak (28 cents per kwh) when the solar panels are producing a lot of their output.
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