Pacific Gas and Electric

PG&E offers two EV-specific time-of-use rate plans with different schedules. EV2-A, the single-meter option most residential EV owners use, has a 4pm to 9pm peak window every day, all year, with the lowest rates from midnight to 3pm. EV-B, which requires a dedicated second meter wired to the charger, runs a wider weekday peak of 2pm to 9pm and a shorter weekend and holiday peak of 3pm to 7pm; its off-peak and partial-peak hours also differ from EV2-A's. Customers should confirm which schedule applies to their plan rather than assuming the two rates share one set of hours.

The residential Level 2 charger rebate pays up to 50 percent of the charger's purchase price, with a Rebate Plus tier for income-qualified customers (households below 80 percent of Area Median Income) paying up to $2,000 for installation or up to $5,000 when bundled with a panel upgrade. The separate Empower EV program, which bundled a free charger with panel-upgrade funding, closed to new applicants on December 31, 2024. PG&E's EV Fleet Program and its Multifamily Housing and Small Business EV Charger Program are commercial programs, and both are currently fully subscribed and not accepting new applications. The residential EV Charge Manager managed-charging program with WeaveGrid, which paid a $75 Tango gift card once a driver had been enrolled and connected for three months, is also fully subscribed, but the GM + PG&E Smart Charge Bundle is open to eligible GM EV owners in single-family homes with an active OnStar plan, paying a $15 monthly bill credit (customers already in another PG&E demand response or managed charging program cannot join). ChargeBoost is a charger-installation program, not a scheduling program: PG&E installs a smart meter and gives eligible single-family homeowners a discount code for a free Emporia Classic Level 2 charger, so the charger can go in without a panel upgrade; PG&E's EV Power Ready program, a pathway for new, separately metered non-residential charging service, is not listed as closed.

PG&E's northern and central California footprint spans wildfire-prone foothills where Public Safety Power Shutoffs can interrupt charging during high-risk weather. Customers planning long overnight charging windows should keep at least one fallback option (a public DC fast charger or workplace Level 2) outside the shutoff zones. The territory's high baseline residential electric rates also make overnight TOU shifting unusually valuable compared to flatter-rate regions.