Duke Energy Progress

Duke Energy Progress's EV rate is EV Overnight Advantage (Schedule R-TOU-EV), which has no on-peak period: every kWh the home uses from 11 pm to 5 am, every day, bills at a discount price and all other hours at a standard price. In North Carolina it is a pilot limited to EV owners and lessees that closes to new enrollment at 20,000 participants or 24 months after its January 1, 2026 start; in South Carolina any residential customer can take it. North Carolina customers can instead choose the whole-home Residential Time-of-Use rate (Schedule R-TOU): on-peak runs 6 to 9 pm on weekdays May through September and 6 to 9 am on weekdays October through April, discount windows sit at 1 to 6 am in summer and at 1 to 3 am and 11 am to 4 pm in winter, and everything else, including weekends and holidays, is off-peak.

The Charger Prep Credit pays for the electrical work behind a Level 2 charger (wiring, conduit, outlet, panel upgrade) but not the charger itself, its mounting, or permit fees, up to $1,117 per charger in North Carolina and $1,755 in South Carolina. It stacks with either rate: enrolling in one does not require or exclude the other, though both the credit and the North Carolina overnight pilot ask for proof that you own or lease an EV. Businesses use a separate commercial track whose cap depends on the site type, charger type, and kW.

Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas are separate utilities with separate tariff books, and North Carolina and South Carolina approve their own versions of each program, so prices, credit caps, and even which schedules exist differ by state and company; the R-TOU rate, for example, exists for Duke Energy Progress only in North Carolina, while South Carolina customers get whole-home time-of-use through other schedules such as R-TOUD, which adds a demand charge. The EV Complete Home Charging Plan pilot, a flat $24.99 per month for up to 800 kWh of managed home charging, was North Carolina only and is closed, and Duke no longer lists any managed-charging program for Duke Energy Progress customers.