MID launches discounts for customers who charge their electric cars at certain times [The Modesto Bee]
Dec. 14 Owners of electric cars can save on their power bills under a pilot program by the Modesto Irrigation District.
Residential customers will get the discounts if they charge the vehicles at times of relatively low demand, such as weekday nights and entire weekends.
A typical customer could save an average of about $30 a month, said Jimi Netniss, pricing administrator at MID. He was speaking Tuesday, Dec. 8, to the district board, which voted 5-0 for the program.
MID will run the pilot program for three years, starting Jan. 1, and then decide whether the discounts should become permanent. They apply to cars charged at home, not public charging stations.