Consumers enrolled in Con Edison’s managed charging program kept 97% of their electric vehicle charging outside peak demand hours in 2024, according to a filing the utility submitted to New York regulators.
The figure comes from an amended implementation plan the company filed with the New York Department of Public Service. It offers one of the most detailed public snapshots yet of how a large-scale EV charging program actually reshapes electricity use on a real distribution system.
What the filing shows
The program, branded SmartCharge New York, had enrolled a substantial share of the utility’s electric vehicle customer base by the end of 2024.
In 2024, the Program saw about 97% of energy consumed outside of On-Peak hours, received a 92% satisfaction rating from participants, and enrolled 25.9% of light duty EVs in the service area.
That enrollment pace is notable because Con Edison serves one of the largest and most congested distribution networks in the country.
As of December 31, 2024, the program has enrolled 23,520 EVs into the program , which equates to about 25.9% of light duty EVs in the service area , with over $86 million remaining of the authorized budget, and received a 92% satisfaction rate from participants.
Separately, industry tracking of utility programs nationwide shows Con Edison’s commercial-side effort has also scaled meaningfully.
Con Edison has two managed charging programs, including one that, as of mid-2025, has 36 commercial participants providing 70+ MW of commercial charging demand enrolled in the program.
Why utilities are betting on managed charging
Managed charging works in one of two ways. A trade association review of programs nationwide describes passive programs that lean on pricing signals and active programs that give the utility or a software partner direct control over the charger.
Passive managed charging uses time-of-use rates or price incentives to influence customer charging behavior without direct utility control, while active managed charging allows utilities or third-party providers to remotely start, stop, or modulate EV charging based on real-time grid needs through connected chargers or vehicle telematics.
The stakes for getting this right are rising as EV adoption grows, even though the pace of that growth has cooled this year.
Growth in electricity consumption from electric vehicle charging slowed sharply in the first half of 2026, with EIA data showing EV charging load growth slowing, the slowest pace in years.
That slowdown gives grid planners a bit more breathing room, but it does not eliminate the underlying challenge of coincident charging.
When EV owners who face the same price signal plug in at the same time, the shared habit can create new localized peaks, a dynamic GCN has previously reported.
Industry-wide enrollment still lags the scale utilities say they eventually need, underscoring why New York regulators are pushing Con Edison to expand and refine the model rather than treat it as finished.
What regulators want next
New York’s Public Service Commission has told the state’s joint utilities to keep refining their approach rather than simply renew the existing design.
The Commission directed the JU to host a technical conference and file a comprehensive managed charging report by January 30, 2026, to determine Program direction.
Con Edison said it intends to keep building on the current results as EV adoption continues, including expanding its list of compatible EVs and charging equipment.
The budget picture also shows how much runway remains, with over $86 million of the program’s authorized budget still unspent at the end of 2024.
With tens of millions of dollars still unspent and enrollment still shy of a third of eligible vehicles, the filing suggests utilities view managed charging less as a finished product and more as infrastructure still being built out, alongside other grid investments such as battery storage plans utilities are proposing to handle growing and more variable electricity demand.
For now, the Con Edison numbers offer regulators in other states a concrete data point: a program that pushed nearly all its enrolled charging into off-peak hours while keeping customer satisfaction above 90%, built on a foundation that other utilities are still working to replicate at scale.
