No, because they are both electricity supply rates. We encourage you to compare the Business EV Rate with DLC’s standard default service rate and EGS supply offerings. Learn more about shopping for your electricity supply here.

After you enroll, you may cancel your enrollment in the Business EV Rate anytime and instead select DLC’s standard default service supply rate or an electric generation supplier rate. Once you cancel your enrollment, you may not re-enroll in the rate for at least one year.

By default, the rate applies to all the electricity usage on the same meter as your EV charging. You are allowed to install a separate meter for your EV charger, so the rate only applies to your EV charging. There are additional costs associated with installing a separate meter that would be your responsibility. Also, since a second meter requires a separate account, you would receive a separate bill for this service, including the customer charge as well as any other applicable charges as found in, and which apply to the respective Rate Schedule. If you would like to install a separate meter, please contact us at electricvehicles@duqlight.com for more information.

Net metering customers are eligible to enroll in the Business EV Rate. As a net metering customer, you may sometimes generate more electricity than you use. If you supply more electricity to DLC than what you have used in a given billing period, the excess kilowatt-hours will be carried forward and credited against your usage in subsequent billing periods. Even when you generate more power than you use, you’ll still receive a bill for DLC’s customer charge and any other charges, as applicable. 

In any month where you use more than you generate, then any previously “banked” excess generation will be applied chronologically, meaning your oldest hours will be applied first to offset your usage. Per the Company’s Retail Tariff Rider No. 21 - Net Metering Service, on an annual basis, the Company will compensate you for kilowatt-hours remaining in the bank on May 31, using the same peak, off-peak, and super off-peak Price-to-Compares at the time the excess kilowatt-hours were banked. 

The Business EV Rate is a time-based electricity supply offering from DLC. This means the rate only applies to your supply charges and does not affect any other charges you may see on your monthly electric bill, such as distribution charges. These supply charges will be listed on the final page of your electric bill, under “Supply Charges,” and will be broken out by peak, off-peak, and super off-peak. For net metering customers, supply charges will only appear if your generation did not offset your usage.