Electrify America plans to raise EV charging prices in with frequent users seeing the biggest price hike.Members of the company’s Pass+ frequent charging program will see rates increase to $0.36 per kwh, while non-members will pay $0.48 per kwh. Both rates increase by $0.05 kwh, but Pass+ members also pay a $4.00 a month fee (which remains unchanged), and they’ll effectively see a 15% rate increase with the fee factored in.
“Electrify America has been able to maintain consistent and uniform pricing since September 2020; however, rising operational and energy costs have now made adjusting our pricing necessary,” an Electrify America spokesperson told Green Car Reports. “Our focus remains on meeting the needs of electric vehicle drivers of today and tomorrow by investing in our network expansion and enhancement to customer experience.”The national-average price of electricity is just 11.1 cents per kwh, according to the Energy Information Administration, and specific to commercial electricity that a charging station might use, the cost of electricity has risen nearly 11% year over year. So EA’s price hike may be warranted on a simple cost basis.
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