Electric Vehicle Rates & Programs

If you lease or own a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) Alpena Power has options to help you charge your vehicle conveniently and cost effectively at home. By charging during off-peak hours, 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, weekends and holidays, your energy prices will be discounted from our standard residential per kWh rate.  There are two ways to set up your metering to take advantage of this Residential Plug-In Electric Vehicle Service Rate (PEV).

Option 1: Installing a separate meter to measure PEV usage.

An additional metering setup can be installed that measures time of use energy for the PEV system, separate from all other kWH usage at the residence.  PEV kWh usage is billed monthly at a Rate of $0.16462 per kWh during On-Peak times, and a Rate of $0.12349 per kWh during Off-Peak hours.  All other kWh usage at the residence is billed monthly at applicable Rates.  A customer charge of $5.25 per month applies.

Option 2: Installing a sub-meter to measure efficient electric heat usage.

In this case, an additional meter is installed in line with the main meter to measure PEV kWh usage.  With a sub meter setup, a standard meter measures total kwh usage and the sub meter measures On-Peak and Off-Peak PEV kWh usage only.  Total usage is billed at applicable Rates.  All Off-Peak PEV kWh usage is credited at $0.04113 per kWh.  A second meter charge of $3.00 per month applies.

Installing an at-home PEV charger and meter
We recommend hiring a licensed electrician to install the charger and necessary submeter. To be eligible for the off-peak charging rate the energy used by the charger will have to be metered separately with a time of use meter. This way Alpena Power will know exactly how much energy was used to charge the PEV and when it was used.

How much will I save when I switch from gas and charge off-peak?