Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Con Edison's Voluntary Residential Time-of-Use Rate (SC1 Rate III) has an unusually wide peak window of 8am to midnight every day, with a super-peak overlay 2pm to 6pm weekdays June through September. Off-peak is only midnight to 8am. Any Con Edison residential customer can opt in for one year risk-free; if the standard residential rate would have cost less, Con Edison credits the difference at the end of the 12-month period. Customers can alternatively install a dedicated second meter for EV charging, which adds roughly $20 per month to the customer charge but isolates EV consumption on its own time-of-use schedule.

Con Edison does not currently offer a residential Level 2 charger rebate, but the SmartCharge New York managed-charging program pays roughly $400 per year on average through a mix of off-peak rewards (10 cents per kWh midnight to 8am year-round), summer-peak avoidance ($35 per month for skipping weekdays 2pm to 6pm June through September), and a $25 three-month enrollment bonus. Drivers can stack SmartCharge with the optional SC1 Rate III time-of-use plan, though many participants stay on the standard residential rate and let SmartCharge do the work. On the commercial side, the PowerReady make-ready program has stopped accepting new Level 2 applications as of April 22, 2026 and paused new DCFC applications; waitlisted projects continue to be processed in date order.

Con Edison serves roughly 3.5 million electric customers across New York City and Westchester County, where most residential EV drivers are renters or condo owners in multifamily buildings without dedicated parking. Curb-side and shared-garage charging matter more here than the at-home Level 2 picture, and the territory's high baseline residential rates make managed-charging incentives like SmartCharge New York unusually valuable per kWh shifted. The PowerReady commercial pause leaves the curb-side and public charging landscape changing month to month; site hosts should confirm program status before committing to a build.