After months and days of complex posts and decisions, I finally put in a work order for the two meter solution. I called Dominion this morning trying to get more information on the meter base that my electrician Joe from Cullen Electric will need to install. After many attempts to retrieve that last piece of the puzzle, we determined that the work order for the meter has to be submitted first before Joe and I can get the correct meter mounting. With the work order, a Dominion engineer will examine the premises and hopefully work with Joe to get the meter installed properly. I trust Joe and just need to find out when would be the latest he could come before the meter itself was installed. Otherwise, it's pretty much a done deal!
I decided to go with Schedule EV because I really don't trust my calculations for what my household electrical usage is. I worked out the estimates for my hourly usage 8 months ago and wanted to post this chart at that time, hoping for reader's feedback. But now I'm up against the decision time; I just couldn't wait any longer. The simple, one-meter, no new holes, no complex electrical work solution just wasn't enough to put me in that camp, even though I was leaning that way when I first contacted Dominion. Instead, I get to live as I have been living under Schedule 1, and yet charge my EV, and my EV alone, under Schedule EV. It's a more complicated solution, but it'll make the charges easier to isolate and I can get a decent picture of how much electricity my car is actually consuming. That is, assuming I don't also charge at work.
The one major danger is the gap between Joe bringing out the circuit to the meter mounting and when the meter is installed and the circuit goes live. During that period, I'll not have any access Level 2 charging, and with my long commute, it looks like I'll have to be driving my ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) again. Sigh.
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