DTE, Consumers’ peak-hour pricing plans have it all backward

DTE, Consumers’ peak-hour pricing plans have it all backward - Jason Hayes

"...But rapid statewide electrification will shift the periods of highest demand from sunny summer days to the dead of winter...

...most people charge their cars at night. 

But our electric grids are becoming more reliant on solar panels that don't work after the sun goes to sleep,” Orr said in an interview.
...“But California already has trouble keeping the lights on in the late afternoon, meaning drivers will have to unplug around 3 p.m. to prevent drawing too much power from the grid as the sun begins to set.”

• ...Consumers Energy’s Peak Rate program charges an additional 50% on top of Michigan’s already high residential electricity rates on weekdays from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., June 1 to September 30.
• During peak rate periods, Consumers Energy customers pay 22 cents per kilowatt hour.
• DTE’s peak rates are 20.98 cents per kilowatt hour on weekdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., June through September...
• and adjacent Ohio’s average residential electricity rate of 12.77 cents per kilowatt hour...