SDG&E EV Rate Plans Explained (2026)

The short version

If the car can charge between midnight and 6 a.m., SDG&E's EV-TOU-5 plan is built for you: 13.1¢ per kWh overnight in summer, against 80.2¢ from 4 to 9 p.m.
Most SDG&E homes also pay a Base Services Charge of about $24 a month, whatever plan they're on (less with CARE or FERA).
Who supplies the electricity depends on your city: SDG&E, San Diego Community Power or Clean Energy Alliance. The table near the end shows yours.

The clock every EV plan runs on

All of SDG&E's EV plans charge by time of day, and they share one clock. The hours don't change with the season; the prices do.

Period	Weekdays	Weekends and holidays
Super off-peak	Midnight to 6 a.m., and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Midnight to 2 p.m.
On-peak	4 to 9 p.m.	4 to 9 p.m.
Off-peak	Every other hour	Every other hour

The weekday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. window used to count as super off-peak only in March and April. SDG&E now applies it all year, which helps anyone who can plug in at home in the middle of the day. Summer prices apply from June 1 to October 31, winter prices from November 1 to May 31.

The plans

EV-TOU-5: the plan most EV owners choose

EV-TOU-5 puts the whole house on the EV clock and gives it a very low overnight price. To qualify you need an electric vehicle registered with the California DMV; homes on the Solar Billing Plan can use it too.

EV-TOU-5 with SDG&E supplying the power, per kWh, from August 1, 2026
Period	Summer (June–October)	Winter (November–May)
On-peak	80.2¢	52.4¢
Off-peak	49.6¢	46.6¢
Super off-peak	13.1¢	12.3¢

The trade-off is everything else in the house. On EV-TOU-5, air conditioning at 6 p.m. in August costs 80.2¢ a kWh, so the plan pays off when the car is the biggest load and the rest of the house can stay light from 4 to 9 p.m. If a community power provider supplies your electricity, you pay SDG&E for delivery and your provider for the power itself; the provider pages linked below have those prices.

EV-TOU-5-P (Reduce Your Use)

The same clock at slightly lower prices, in exchange for up to 18 event days a year when every kWh used from 4 to 9 p.m. costs an extra $1.16. It is only open to homes that buy their electricity from SDG&E, so in cities served by San Diego Community Power or Clean Energy Alliance it isn't an option.

TOU-ELEC

Meant for homes that run mostly on electricity: an EV together with a heat pump or a home battery. Compared with EV-TOU-5, its on-peak and off-peak prices are lower and its super off-peak price is much higher, so it suits a house whose big loads can't all move to the middle of the night.

EV-TOU: a separate meter for the car

EV-TOU prices only the car's charging, through a second meter, while the house stays on its own plan. That second meter means extra electrical work and SDG&E coordination, so for most single-family homes putting the whole house on EV-TOU-5 is simpler.

The Base Services Charge

Since October 2025 every SDG&E residential bill has carried a fixed Base Services Charge. It is about $24 a month for most homes (79.3¢ a day, so $22 to $26 depending on the length of the billing period), about $12 for households in the FERA program and about $6 for CARE households. SDG&E lowered its per-kWh prices when the charge arrived. It is billed on the SDG&E side, so it applies whoever supplies your power, and the prices in this guide don't include it.

What charging costs on EV-TOU-5

A car driven 1,000 miles a month that averages about 3.3 miles per kWh uses about 300 kWh. With SDG&E supplying the power, charging all of that in the super off-peak hours costs about $39 in a summer month and $37 in winter. The same 300 kWh charged between 4 and 9 p.m. would cost about $241 in summer.

The difference comes down to a timer. Most cars and Level 2 chargers can be set to start charging at midnight, and at 32 to 48 amps a Level 2 charger puts back a typical day's driving in about two hours or less, well inside the overnight window.

Who supplies your power, city by city

SDG&E owns the wires and delivers electricity to every home in the county. In most cities, though, a community power provider buys the electricity itself, and SDG&E bills for both on one statement. Your provider sets the power part of your EV-TOU-5 price and decides which of its plans you start on.

City	Power supplier	Plan you start on
Carlsbad	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
Chula Vista	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
Coronado	SDG&E	SDG&E
Del Mar	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
El Cajon	SDG&E	SDG&E
Encinitas	San Diego Community Power	Power100
Escondido	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
Imperial Beach	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
Julian	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
La Jolla	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
La Mesa	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
Lemon Grove	SDG&E	SDG&E
National City	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
Oceanside	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
Poway	SDG&E	SDG&E
Rancho Santa Fe	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
San Diego	San Diego Community Power	PowerOn
San Marcos	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
Santee	SDG&E	SDG&E
Solana Beach	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus
Vista	Clean Energy Alliance	Clean Impact Plus

What each supplier charges on EV-TOU-5, and how its plans compare with SDG&E's:

EV charging rates with San Diego Community Power
EV charging rates with Clean Energy Alliance
EV rates in Coronado, El Cajon, Lemon Grove, Poway and Santee, where SDG&E supplies the power

Choosing a plan

The car charges overnight and the house can stay light from 4 to 9 p.m.: EV-TOU-5.
You buy power from SDG&E and can cut back on a handful of event days: look at EV-TOU-5-P.
A heat pump or home battery does a lot of work outside the overnight hours: compare TOU-ELEC with EV-TOU-5 using your own usage.

Signed in at sdge.com, My Energy Center compares plans against your own usage, and it's where plan changes are made.