Effective April 1, 2026, CMLP is introducing a residential Time-of-Day (TOD) electric rate. With this new rate, the price you pay for electricity is based on when you use it. Avoid charging your EV between 3 PM and 7 PM on weekdays, when the price you pay for electricity is highest. You'll save the most money by charging your EV during Super Off-Peak hours from 1 AM to 5 AM on weekdays. Not only will you save, you'll help reduce strain on the grid and reduce peak demand charges incurred by CMLP, keeping all customers’ bills lower.
We also hope you will join our efforts to help reduce the Town’s summer electrical peak and the cost of electricity to all Concordians. Thirty percent of your electric bill is directly related to the amount of electricity Concord uses for just one hour during the entire year. That one hour, the peak demand hour, occurs on a hot weekday afternoon during the summer months, typically between the hours of 12 PM – 6 PM.
Please consider enrolling in our peak demand reduction Google group, which will allow us to send you an email when peak demand is predicted – typically on several hot weekday afternoons or early evenings in from June 1st through September 15th each year. When you refrain from charging your EV during peak hours, everyone benefits with lower electric rates, since there are higher costs associated with these peaker power plants.