A California utility offered EV owners $40 a month to let it manage their charging, but fewer than 5 percent signed up, so utilities are betting on automatic price signals instead

A driveway charger clicks on at midnight, then quietly clicks off again before sunrise, obeying a schedule its owner never set.That small handoff of…

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Energy · Hugo Rojas · October 30, 2026
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