The same EV charger can cost 31¢ a kilowatt-hour to use — or 4¢. The hardware didn't change. The rate plan did. We dug into every Virginia utility's own rate documents — not the summaries floating around online, which turn out to be outdated or just wrong surprisingly often. If you spot something that's changed, tell us and we'll fix it.
Dominion's own program rules make these mutually exclusive — a fact that surprises most EV owners. When we install, we run your numbers and tell you which side wins. Sometimes it's neither, and we'll say that too.
Versus 16–18¢ on the standard rate. To be clear about where the savings really live: the daytime off-peak tier (15.1¢) is roughly a wash — the discount is the overnight window, which is exactly when an EV should charge anyway. The trade: summer weekday afternoons (3–6pm) cost about 31¢, double the standard rate. Fits households that are out during the day.
Availability caveat: you need a smart meter, and you can't request one — Dominion upgrades areas on its own regional schedule. The definitive check takes a minute in your own Dominion account (Usage → View and Compare My Rate); if you have trouble getting an answer, we're glad to help.
Keep the standard rate, get a rebate on an eligible Level 2 charger — ChargePoint, Emporia, and Wallbox models qualify, and we install all three — plus $40 a year for letting Dominion briefly manage charging during grid-stress events. You can opt out of any event. Tesla drivers: a separate telematics program pays $40/yr with any charger.
Member-owned co-ops serve much of rural and suburban Virginia — and their programs vary wildly. Here's what the tariffs really say.
SEC bills differently from everyone else: alongside your energy use, you pay for your single highest 15-minute demand spike each month ($3.38/kW in 2026). An EV charger installed carelessly — charging at 5pm while the dryer and AC run — adds real money. Installed right, it barely moves the needle.
On every SEC-territory install, we'll show you the charging schedule that avoids the spike — and set it up for you if you'd like. SEC's optional time-of-use rate prices overnight power at about 4¢/kWh. This is also where a home battery earns its keep differently: capping that 15-minute spike, not just buying cheap power at night.
One correction, since it circulates online: SEC does not offer a "3¢ EV discount." That figure isn't in their actual rate plan — the real off-peak rate is 4.1¢ on the general time-of-use plan.
The cheapest verified overnight rate we found anywhere in Virginia (optional RSTOU-4). It isn't marketed as an EV rate. It should be.
Strong TOU rate. REC's EV bill-credit pilot ended May 2026; a successor is in development — we can help you join the waitlist.
Dedicated EV rate — but it can't combine with solar net metering. And no, the "$300 charger rebate" you may have read about doesn't exist. We checked.
An EV rider that credits your 11pm–6am usage, plus a standalone TOU rate. Twelve-month commitment required.
General residential time-of-use rate — solid overnight charging economics.
A real EV rate — capped at 20 members co-op-wide. We'll check availability before you count on it.
Offers a time-of-day rate; ask us and we'll pull the current numbers for your address.
No EV rate or charger rebate today (BARC says one is planned). All offer solar net metering. Here, batteries earn their keep the honest way: backup power and bill management.
TVA territory works differently: no true net metering — exported solar earns roughly wholesale, not retail. Solar+battery math is tougher here, and we'd rather tell you upfront.
Roanoke and Southwest Virginia, this is you.
Schedule P.E.V. — a dedicated EV rate with a separate meter APCo installs at no cost. Off-peak (8pm–6am weekdays, all weekend) runs about 13¢ versus ~16.4¢ standard. Not compatible with solar net metering.
Smart Time-of-Use — whole-home rate with ~5¢ off-peak power.
$100 rebate on ENERGY STAR Level 2 chargers (TakeCharge program) — currently set to end December 31, 2026, so don't sit on it.
A solar+battery "virtual power plant" pilot is legislated for a mid-2027 target launch — worth knowing if you're planning ahead.
No EV rate, no time-of-use option, no battery program — just net metering. With ODP rates rising steeply (11% in 2025, a larger increase requested for 2027), the play here is efficiency and load management, and we'll show you that math instead of pretending there's a rebate.
Danville, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Salem, Martinsville, Radford, Bedford, Franklin, Culpeper, Front Royal, Richlands, Elkton, Wakefield, Virginia Tech Electric.
We'd rather lose a sale than earn one on a rebate that never arrives.
Repeated on installer websites across Northern Virginia. It doesn't exist — the claim appears to confuse NOVEC with Dominion's program.
Not in SEC's actual rate plan. The real number is the 4.1¢ off-peak rate on their general time-of-use plan — good, but not what the internet says.
That's a Kentucky program from ODP's parent company. It is not offered to Virginia customers.
Send us a photo of your electric bill. We'll tell you what your utility offers, what it doesn't, and what the numbers look like for your home — before you spend anything.