Charge Smart NY

Save on your annual electricity costs and earn a $150 incentive with the Charge Smart NY app.

EV Plugged in

This plan provides financial savings to charge your EV easily and smartly within the convenience of your home through a smartphone app predominantly during off-peak hours, 11:00pm to 7:00am daily (including weekends and holidays), when there is less strain on the grid and energy costs are lower.

The plan offers:

Easy-to-use smartphone app providing worry-free charging.
Annual savings on electricity costs by charging during off-peak hours.
$150 incentive after three months of active participation.
Ability to further reduce carbon emissions, making a positive environmental impact.
Subscription-based pricing with different tier options.

Start saving in 4 simple steps

Do your research
Is your vehicle compatible? View the Compatible Equipment List. Then review and choose a subscription tier.

Enroll
Download the app, log-in with your National Grid online account credentials and follow the easy set-up instructions.

Set It and Forget It
Set-up managed charging within the app by setting up your smart schedule.

Plug-In Vehicle
Let the Charge Smart NY app optimize your EV charging to maximize your savings.

Compatible Equipment

To participate in the EV Charge Smart NY Plan, the Charge Smart NY app requires compatible vehicle telematics or a network connected home charging station. Check the dropdown list to see if your vehicle or hardware is currently compatible.

Electric Vehicles:

BMW
i3/i3 REX (2014 & later), i4 (2021+), x5 (2019+), 330e PHEV (2016+), 530e PHEV (2017+)
Tesla
Models 3, S, X & Y (All model years)

Charging Stations:

ChargePoint Home Flex
Smartenit SmartElek 4500: L1 and L2 options. Must be the ev.energy compatible version found here: https://smartenit.com/shop/ev-energy-compatible-level-1-2-evse-smartelek-model-4500/

Subscription Tiers

Choose a subscription tier that works best for you and aligns with your driving needs. The plan provides the flexibility to change your tier at any time in which the new tier pricing will go into effect on the first day of the following calendar month.

Subscription Tier Selection

You will want to choose the subscription tier that best aligns with your driving habits. Below provides an estimated guideline of the average monthly miles per tier, along with a tool to help determine your estimated monthly kWh:

EV Charge Smart Plan	Tier 1	Tier 2
EV Monthly Charge	$20	$30
Monthly Off-Peak Home EV Charging Allotment	225 kWh	365 kWh
Estimated monthly miles	640	1040
Estimated annual miles (based on 2.9 miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh)	7,700	12,500

Estimated kWh calculator:

Estimate the number of miles driven per month. (Refer to your vehicle app account if not known).
Divide the estimated number of miles driven by your vehicle’s average efficiency in miles per kWh to get the monthly kWh used. To find your vehicle’s average efficiency, it may be displayed with your vehicle’s energy use data, may be advertised by the manufacturer, or you may use a general US average of 2.9 miles per kWh.
Multiply by the share of your charging done at home. The US average is 85% of EV charging takes place at home.

Example:

Joe drives 1,000 miles per month, his vehicle averages 3.24 miles per kWh, and he charges at home 85% of the time.

1,000 / 3.24 * 85% = 262.3 kWh/month

To enroll in the program, download the app

Download the National Grid Charge Smart NY app.
Verify your National Grid account.
Connect your vehicle or charging station using your existing manufacturer login details.
Select your subscription tier.
For technical support contact chargesmartny@ev.energy

Set It and Forget It

The Charge Smart NY platform features include a Smart Scheduler that allows you to identify when you need your car charged and ready to go and automatically charges your EV based on your preferences while tracking how many off-peak kWh you have used and remaining each month within the Plan tab.

More Details

Vehicle or Charging Station not Compatible?

If your EV or charging station is not on the Compatible Vehicle and Charging Equipment List, complete the EV Charge Smart Wish List below to:

Identify that you are interested in learning more on how to purchase and have installed a compatible charging station or
To have your vehicle and charging station information considered for future compatibility

Please be sure to review the Compatible Vehicle and Charging Equipment List prior to joining the Wish List.

Complete the Wish List form if your vehicle is not listed on the “View Compatible Vehicle and Charger Equipment List” dropdown list above. If your vehicle is listed above then you do not need to complete the Wish List form and can enroll in the program immediately.

The EV Charge Smart Plan is an EV residential managed charging program that provides customers with financial savings to charge their electric vehicle (EV) easily and smartly within the convenience of their home through a smartphone app during off-peak hours, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., when there is less strain on the grid and energy costs are lower. The Plan consists of flexible, subscription-based pricing in which customers pay a fixed monthly fee to cover the discounted cost of energy used during off-peak hours. The plan’s smartphone app will use your preferences to optimize your vehicle’s home charging to occur predominately during off-peak hours.

Off-peak hours are from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. est. daily (including weekends and holidays).

To participate in the plan, you must:

Be a New York (NY) National Grid residential electric customer on the Standard Residential SC-1 rate. Customers on the Voluntary Time of Use (VTOU) or SC-1C rates are ineligible for the Plan. Please refer to the Delivery Section within your National Grid bill to determine your electricity rate.
Have a compatible vehicle OR home EV charging station

EV with an active telematics package OR
Charging Station that is network enabled.

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