My Strata Is Going Electric!

[AdamMacDon]

After 6 months we're finally nearing completion of installation of our first EV charger (two J1772 plugs) to serve 3 EV stalls. The building is a 78 unit condo and surprisingly all but three units voted to build the charger even though I'm the only EV owner currently. It'll be costly to use at $0.25/kWh, but I'll be glad to be able to stop using public chargers and superchargers. Glad to see our building is rather progressive towards future EV adoption!

 

[Sophias_dad]

What are your local electricity prices? 0.25/kwh is what some of us pay for home charging, thank you "Electric deregulation will decrease prices" legislators...

Instead we have higher prices and shady electric suppliers screwing customers, and we need a special effort(people, regulations, courts) to try and get control over the suppliers. The electric company itself has figured out that since it doesn't have to compete for the 'transportation/delivery' component of the charges, it should turn THAT up.

 

[coconutboy84]

My condo spot

 

[AdamMacDon]

What are your local electricity prices? 0.25/kwh is what some of us pay for home charging, thank you "Electric deregulation will decrease prices" legislators...

Instead we have higher prices and shady electric suppliers screwing customers, and we need a special effort(people, regulations, courts) to try and get control over the suppliers. The electric company itself has figured out that since it doesn't have to compete for the 'transportation/delivery' component of the charges, it should turn THAT up.

It is a two tiered system but your first 1500 kWh in a 2 month period are less than 8 cents, after that it jumps to almost 15 cents. Admittedly our condo is paying mostly into the second tier so it is only 10 cents profit. We also have a 32kW solar array we just installed on the roof, which will save us some money on our hydro bill. I live in BC so electricity is cheap as heck (all hydro electric dams). Gas is also the most expensive in Canada at 5-7 bucks a gallon. The electric company here is one of the few government institutions that actually works, possibly better than private companies would.

 

[AdamMacDon]

My condo spot
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Did you pay to get that one installed yourself? I find it unlikely a strata would go for installing a Tesla charger.

 

[coconutboy84]

Did you pay to get that one installed yourself? I find it unlikely a strata would go for installing a Tesla charger.

I own my spot and paid to have it installed roughly 2500 dollars

 

[AdamMacDon]

I own my spot and paid to have it installed roughly 2500 dollars

Damn, a little expensive, but certainly worth it. What are the electric prices like out in Ontario?

 

[03DSG]

Damn, a little expensive, but certainly worth it. What are the electric prices like out in Ontario?

Overnight 7pm to 7am off-peak and weekends is ‘roughly’ .10 cents per kWh after factoring in all costs, provincial credits and tax.