AGL introduces night-charging EV plan

AGL Energy (AGL) has reworked its Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan to offer cheaper charging overnight, so that EV drivers can charge more affordably at home.

The revamped plan follows research from trials conducted with AGL customers in partnership with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) over the past three years, which showed that most home vehicle charging occurs overnight.

AGL launched the AGL Night Saver EV Energy Plan to provide customers with a discounted offer at a time that has been shown to suit them, with customers paying a lower than off-peak rate between midnight and 6 am. The company said customers would also have the flexibility to charge at any time of the day and receive a discounted rate.

“As a leader in the energy transition, we are evolving our products and services to ensure they are flexible, simple and suit our customers’ lifestyle,” said AGL Chief Customer Officer Jo Egan. “We know our customers charge while they sleep and we have remodelled our EV energy plan to give them an affordable price to charge at the most convenient time.”

Egan added that AGL had launched the first electric car subscription service in 2020, run the largest residential smart charging trial in Australia and partnered with global technology and energy providers like Kaluza and bp pulse to bring EV innovation to Australia.

“The AGL Night Saver EV Energy Plan is part of a suite of customer offers and trials that we have rolled out to help our customers make the switch to an EV and help decarbonise the way they live, move and work,” Egan said.

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