Residential electricity rates for many Californians have increased significantly over the last year, making it more expensive to charge an electric vehicle (EV) at home. It’s still cheaper to recharge an EV than buy gasoline, but those savings have been eroded by surging electric rates.
Prompted by a state law, California’s utility regulator has proposed to change the way electricity is billed by adding a fixed monthly charge to all rate plans and making a corresponding reduction to the cost for each unit of electricity used.
Transportation is the largest sector for climate changing emissions, so it’s important that we transition our cars and trucks from gasoline to electricity as quickly as possible. Making sure that EVs are cheaper to recharge will help make that possible.
Fixed charges will reduce the cost of EV charging
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