E-ELEC, PG&E's Electric Home plan, is for homes with a registered plug-in electric vehicle, energy storage, or an electric heat pump, and the home need not be all-electric. Homes on the Solar Billing Plan are placed on it. It tends to cost less for homes with heavy winter use between 3 pm and midnight.
Prices checked October 25, 2026, from PG&E tariffs effective June 1, 2026. Rate comparisons show what different plans would have cost for past usage. Rate eligibility and future savings may vary.
Who can enroll in E-ELEC?
A home qualifies with any one of three things: a registered battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, energy storage, or an electric heat pump. The home does not need to be all-electric. Homes billed on the Solar Billing Plan are placed on E-ELEC without needing any of them.
- Electric vehicle: a currently registered battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle charged at the home. A conventional hybrid does not count.
- Energy storage: the battery needs permission to operate and a minimum size (at least 2 kWh, or 0.05% of the prior 12 months' use if that is over 6,000 kWh).
- Electric heat pump: used as the primary means of water heating, or of space heating and cooling.
- The qualifying equipment must be on the same meter as the rest of the home, and PG&E provides service at its option, subject to metering availability.
Source: PG&E Schedule E-ELEC, sheet 1 (effective August 28, 2026)
What do E-ELEC's hours and prices look like?
E-ELEC has three bands every day: peak 4 to 9 pm, part-peak 3 to 4 pm and 9 pm to midnight, off-peak midnight to 3 pm. Prices are 55.214¢, 39.026¢ and 33.358¢ per kWh in summer, and 32.063¢, 29.854¢ and 28.468¢ in winter (June 1, 2026 tariff).
Summer runs June 1 to September 30; winter October 1 to May 31. Prices exclude the Base Services Charge ($0.79343 a day for most customers, about $24 a month), taxes and discounts.
What the Base Services Charge is
Which households tend to pay less on E-ELEC?
Households that use a lot of electricity between 3 pm and midnight in winter tend to pay less on E-ELEC than on EV2-A, because its winter peak and part-peak prices are about 9¢ per kWh lower. Heat pump heating in the evening, cooking and laundry are typical examples.
- Heat pump or battery homes without an EV, where little use falls overnight.
- Homes whose evening use cannot easily move to before 3 pm or after midnight.
- Solar Billing Plan homes, which are on E-ELEC in any case.
Worked example: winter, a home using 1,000 kWh with 400 kWh off-peak, 250 part-peak and 350 peak. Energy charges only, before the Base Services Charge, taxes and discounts.
| Band | kWh | EV2-A | E-ELEC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off-peak | 400 | $90.23 | $113.87 |
| Part-peak | 250 | $98.57 | $74.64 |
| Peak | 350 | $143.85 | $112.22 |
| Total | 1,000 | $332.65 | $300.73 |
On these assumptions E-ELEC would have cost about $32 less than EV2-A for the month. This is an illustration, not a prediction; it needs the home to qualify for EV2-A as well.
Compare plans using your own usage
When is E-ELEC probably the wrong plan?
E-ELEC is probably not the cheapest plan when most of a home's use is overnight, because EV2-A's off-peak price is 5.9¢ lower in winter and 10.8¢ lower in summer. It also costs more at the summer peak. A home with no qualifying equipment cannot enroll.
- Most use between midnight and 3 pm, such as overnight EV charging with timed appliances.
- Summer-heavy use, where EV2-A is cheaper at the peak and off-peak.
- Low use that stays within a baseline allowance, which E-ELEC does not credit but plans like E-TOU-C do.
These are tendencies; only a comparison on your own usage shows whether they apply.
What are the pros and cons of E-ELEC?
E-ELEC's advantages are lower winter evening prices, wider eligibility and no usage cap in the tariff. Its drawbacks are a higher off-peak price than EV2-A, a slightly higher summer peak, and a requirement for qualifying equipment unless the home is on the Solar Billing Plan.
Pros:
- Winter peak 32.063¢ and part-peak 29.854¢, against 41.099¢ and 39.428¢ on EV2-A.
- Open to EV, storage or heat pump homes; the home need not be all-electric.
- No 800%-of-baseline cap; a home removed from EV2-A for that reason is not barred from E-ELEC.
Cons:
- Off-peak 33.358¢ in summer and 28.468¢ in winter, against 22.558¢ on EV2-A.
- Summer peak 55.214¢, against 53.809¢.
- No baseline credit.
What about solar?
Homes billed on the Net Billing Tariff (the Solar Billing Plan) must be served on E-ELEC and need no qualifying technology. Net Energy Metering homes can choose E-ELEC if they have a qualifying technology. Export credits and true-up rules are separate from the plan's prices.
Source: PG&E Schedule E-ELEC, sheet 1 (effective August 28, 2026)
How do I enroll in E-ELEC?
PG&E describes the plan on its Electric Home page and decides eligibility; and the tariff provides service at PG&E's option subject to metering availability. To enroll, sign in to your PG&E account and choose Manage Rate Plan under Compare Rate Plans; in a multifamily building, or if you don't see the option, call PG&E at 1-800-743-5000. PG&E charges no fee to change plans, and the new rate starts on the first day of your next billing cycle. PG&E may ask for proof that you qualify, such as your vehicle's VIN or registration, or the battery's permission to operate.
PG&E's Electric Home rate plan page
Can I switch, and is there a trial period?
You can ask PG&E to change plans if you qualify. Residential customers can change rate plans up to two times in a rolling 12 months (business customers once), so the timing of a switch matters. We found no trial period or bill protection in the E-ELEC or EV2 tariffs or on PG&E's Electric Home page.
We found no refund of the difference if a plan you choose costs more.
If you have rooftop solar on Net Energy Metering, PG&E states that switching plans prompts a true-up and starts a new 12-month true-up cycle.
How does E-ELEC compare with EV2-A and other plans?
E-ELEC and EV2-A share the same hours and differ in prices, eligibility and limits. Other PG&E plans, including E-TOU-C and E-TOU-D, can cost less for some homes, depending on when and how much electricity a home uses. These pages set out each comparison in full.
E-ELEC vs EV2-A: what is the difference?
EV rate plans compared: EV2-A, E-ELEC, E-TOU-C and EV-B
How do I find out which plan is cheaper for my home?
Doing this by hand means pricing every hour of your usage on each plan, in every season. WattPayoff does it for you: it pulls your new usage every day, re-prices your last 365 days on every current PG&E plan every month, and tells you which would have cost least. Any switch is yours to make, with PG&E.
WattPayoff is free to download, with a 14-day free trial of every feature, then $4.99 a month. The subscription renews monthly until cancelled, and you can cancel any time in your Apple Account or Google Play subscription settings.
How comparing plans on your own usage works
Try it free for 14 days. If your current plan is already the cheapest, the app tells you that too, and you can cancel before you pay anything.
Rate comparisons show what different plans would have cost for past usage. Rate eligibility and future savings may vary.