Lots of Charging Stations

9 level 2 chargers in Brentwood, CA city community center.

One Year Gas Free

Almost 15k miles in first year, no fill-ups, no oil changes.

Level 2 EVSE Charge Time

A full charge, < 5 miles or < 1 bar on NAVI to 12 bars, took 5 hours 35 minutes.

Level 2 EVSE Installed

I finally got my Leviton Level 2 EVSE installed. Thanks to my local electricians Peak Electric. Total charge time should be no longer than 6.5 hours.

10,000 Gas Free Miles

Platinum Rank

For January 2012 I placed in the Platinum ranking for energy economy.

Strike Two Kohls

Kohl’s Antioch EVSE taken up by two ICE vehicles.

Dodge Magnum parked in EV stall

This Dodge Magnum was parked in the EV charging stall at Kohl’s Antioch. I asked a manager if there was a policy for EV parking priority. He sounded genuinely concerned as well as educated about the EV charging stall, although he said it was first come first served, and that he will relay my concern to regional.

I gotta learn to share

Volt plugged into public charging stall.

PG&E rate / schedule change a bust, for now.

PG&E asked the CPUC, California Public Utilities Commission, for a rate structure change that would have positives and negatives for the EV customer. Apparently the rate and schedule change didn’t go through on November 1st, as PG&E asked. Although that may always change in the future, it’s a signal for those who are interested in a separate meter to charge their EV to go forward, as I am still going to do.

Better news is that summer and winter off-peak tier 1 pricing went down $0.01729/kWh. This means my operating cost for my EV would be $15 in the summer and $18 in the winter, per month.