PG&E EV rate plans: EV2-A, E-ELEC and E-TOU-C
PG&E has one rate plan built for home EV charging, EV2-A, where electricity costs 22.558¢/kWh from midnight to 3 p.m. every day, including weekends and holidays, and the most from 4 to 9 p.m. E-ELEC is the plan for electrified homes (EV, battery or heat pump, and all Net Billing solar customers), and E-TOU-C is the ordinary time-of-use plan with no EV requirement. Rates below are the total bundled rates from PG&E's tariff sheets effective Jun 1, 2026, checked by us on Nov 2, 2026.
Content last changed Nov 2, 2026. ChargePlan Check is independent and not affiliated with PG&E.
What charging costs at the EV2-A off-peak rate
At 22.558¢/kWh, driving 35 miles a day in a car that uses 30 kWh per 100 miles, with 90% of charging at home during the cheapest period, costs about $89.96 a month (8.5¢ per mile). The same miles in a 28 mpg gas car at $4.17/gal cost $158.46. Charging during summer peak at 53.809¢/kWh instead would cost roughly 2.4× as much for the same energy.
This is an estimate from stated assumptions using one period's rate. It does not model the household's other usage, baseline allowances, the Base Services Charge, or which plan is cheapest for you. Pacific Gas and Electric Company's own comparison tool uses your actual usage history: PG&E Rate Plan Comparison (compare rate plans based on your actual usage).
The three plans at a glance
- EV2-A has the lowest overnight and midday rate of the three and the widest cheap window (15 hours a day). Its peak and partial-peak rates are high, so a household that runs a lot of load from 3 p.m. to midnight pays for the cheap charging elsewhere.
- E-ELEC has the same hours as EV2-A but a flatter shape: the off-peak rate is higher than EV2-A's and the summer peak is similar. It is mandatory for Net Billing Tariff (post-April-2023 solar) customers.
- E-TOU-C has only two periods (peak 4 to 9 p.m., off-peak the rest) and a baseline credit of 8.140¢/kWh on usage inside the baseline allowance. Its off-peak rate is well above EV2-A's, which is why EV2-A usually wins for a household that can charge after midnight.
Which one is cheapest for a given household depends on how much of the non-EV load falls in the 4 to 9 p.m. window, the baseline allowance for the territory, and whether the home has solar. This page does not make that call; PG&E's comparison tool does it from twelve months of actual interval data.
EV2-A: Home Charging EV2-A
Cheapest hours: 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., every day including weekends and holidays.
Who it is for: Optional for Schedule E-1 customers with a registered battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle charged at the premises (conventional hybrids do not qualify), or qualifying battery storage or electric heat pump. Usage may not exceed 800% of annual baseline allowance. Service at PG&E's option based on metering.
summerwintercheapest hours
| Season | Days | Period | Hours | ¢ / kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| summer | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 3 p.m. | 22.558¢ |
| summer | every day | partial-peak | 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | 42.760¢ |
| summer | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 53.809¢ |
| summer | every day | partial-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 42.760¢ |
| winter | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 3 p.m. | 22.558¢ |
| winter | every day | partial-peak | 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | 39.428¢ |
| winter | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 41.099¢ |
| winter | every day | partial-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 39.428¢ |
Rates verified by us Nov 2, 2026 against the document dated Jun 1, 2026. Total bundled rates. Peak 4-9 p.m. all days; partial-peak 3-4 p.m. and 9 p.m.-midnight; off-peak all other hours. Same off-peak rate in both seasons.
E-ELEC: Electric Home E-ELEC
Cheapest hours: 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., every day including weekends and holidays.
Who it is for: Optional for individually metered residential customers with a registered EV/PHEV charged at the premises, qualifying energy storage, or an electric heat pump for water or space heating. Net Billing Tariff (solar) customers are served on this schedule.
summerwintercheapest hours
| Season | Days | Period | Hours | ¢ / kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| summer | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 3 p.m. | 33.358¢ |
| summer | every day | partial-peak | 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | 39.026¢ |
| summer | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 55.214¢ |
| summer | every day | partial-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 39.026¢ |
| winter | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 3 p.m. | 28.468¢ |
| winter | every day | partial-peak | 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | 29.854¢ |
| winter | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 32.063¢ |
| winter | every day | partial-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 29.854¢ |
Rates verified by us Nov 2, 2026 against the document dated Jun 1, 2026. Total bundled rates. Same TOU periods as EV2-A. Winter off-peak is the lowest rate in the current (winter) season; summer off-peak is 33.358c.
E-TOU-C: Time-of-Use E-TOU-C (4-9 p.m. peak)
Cheapest hours: All hours except 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., every day.
Who it is for: Voluntary residential rate; no EV required. Baseline credit of 8.140c/kWh applies to usage within the baseline allowance.
summerwintercheapest hours
| Season | Days | Period | Hours | ¢ / kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| summer | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 4 p.m. | 39.940¢ |
| summer | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 52.240¢ |
| summer | every day | off-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 39.940¢ |
| winter | every day | off-peak | 12 a.m. – 4 p.m. | 36.757¢ |
| winter | every day | peak | 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. | 39.757¢ |
| winter | every day | off-peak | 9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | 36.757¢ |
A baseline credit of 8.140¢/kWh applies to usage inside the baseline allowance; it is not reflected in the table or the calculator preset.
Rates verified by us Nov 2, 2026 against the document dated Jun 1, 2026. Default-style TOU plan used as the baseline on the PG&E page. Off-peak preset uses the pre-credit rate; the baseline credit depends on usage and territory and is not applied.
Fixed charge
Base Services Charge per customer per day by income tier; identical across the utility's residential plans, so it does not change which plan is cheaper. Not modelled in the calculator.
Notes on the numbers
- PG&E's seasons are summer June 1 to September 30 and winter October 1 to May 31 on all three plans. The table shows both.
- The rates are PG&E bundled (generation plus delivery). Customers on a community choice aggregator (Ava, MCE, CleanPowerSF, SVCE and others) pay the CCA's generation rate instead; the delivery part is the same.
- Schedule EV (the older plan with a separate EV meter) is not shown. PG&E's tariff sheet states that Rate A of Schedule EV was eliminated on November 30, 2025; check the sheet for EV-B's current status if you are on it.
- The same Base Services Charge applies on every plan, so it never changes which plan is cheaper.
Sources
- EV2-A: PG&E Electric Schedule EV2 - Residential Time-of-Use (Electric Vehicle), Sheet 2 (Total Rates), document dated Jun 1, 2026, effective Jun 1, 2026, checked by us Nov 2, 2026 (status: verified).
- E-ELEC: PG&E Electric Schedule E-ELEC - Residential Time-of-Use, Sheet 2 (Total Rates), document dated Jun 1, 2026, effective Jun 1, 2026, checked by us Nov 2, 2026 (status: verified).
- E-TOU-C: PG&E Electric Schedule E-TOU-C - Residential Time-of-Use, Sheet 2 (Total Rates), document dated Jun 1, 2026, effective Jun 1, 2026, checked by us Nov 2, 2026 (status: verified).
Not included in any figure on this page: taxes and surcharges; CCA generation charges (bundled rates shown); Base Services Charge; California Climate Credit; baseline credit except where stated.