WattPlan®
Electric Vehicles and Charging Education
WattPlan’s Electric Vehicles and Charging Education offering enables utilities and energy agencies to offer their customers unbiased financial advice for purchasing and charging an EV
Benefits to Programs:
- Communicate the benefits of EV ownership, relevant incentives and promote program awarenesss
- Drive enrollment in EV-specific rates and managed charging programs
- Reduce escalations around EV charging questions
- Promote load-shifting behaviors through charging education
Benefits to Customers:
- Offer personalized financial analysis that factors in miles driven and actual electricity rates
- Deliver insight into available incentives based on screened eligibility criteria
- Provide advice on how to optimize charging behavior
Personalized Experience
- Provide up-to-date vehicle database and detailed battery information including federal, state and local incentive eligibility
- Analyze the cost of energy based on user driving habits like daily miles traveled
- Customizable copy enables utilities to deliver their unique EV program messaging to customers
- Understand how to reduce costs through charging behaviors
EV Module-EV Catalog
Leverage a catalog of 160 EVs
EV Module-Mileage Entry
Estimations are based on driving habits defined by the user
Trusted Calculations
- Reflects utility-specific data, including utility rates, utility escalation rate, EV incentives and programs
- Calculations include long-term cost of ownership factors, such as maintenance, repairs cost and resale value
- Ensure accurate estimation of time-of-use rates based on the charger level, distance traveled daily and the time charging starts
EV Module-Lifetime Savings
Financial results include upfront cost, incentives, energy, financing and maintenance costs
EV Module-Incentives
Includes up-to-date EV and EV charger incentives for federal, state and local programs
EV Module-Charger Selection
Customers can choose between Level 1 and Level 2 charging
Actionable Guidance
- Provide personalized direction and “next steps” for program and rate enrollment
- Highlight rate options that could save the customer money with EV ownership
- Educate customers on the cost of charging vehicles at different times of day (time-of-use)
EV Module-Nextsteps
Utilities can assist their customers in finding next steps by adding links to their own site
EV Module-Rate Selection
Present rates side by side to identify savings
EV Module-TOU Charge Chart
Help users understand how charging behaviors interact with TOU rates
Case Study
Energy New England (ENE) Drives EV Awareness
See how ENE leveraged WattPlan® to offer holistic EV program awareness and education for their partner utilities and their customers
