Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

Niagara Mohawk's SC-1 Voluntary Time-of-Use rate runs the on-peak window from 7am to 11pm daily, with a summer super-peak overlay 2pm to 6pm weekdays and a winter on-peak window 5pm to 8pm weekdays December through February. Off-peak is 11pm to 7am every night, including weekends and holidays. The rate requires a time-of-use meter and carries a $3.11 monthly metering fee, and National Grid offers a one-year savings guarantee that credits the difference if the standard SC-1 rate would have cost less for the customer.

Niagara Mohawk does not run a standalone residential EVSE rebate, but the Charge Smart NY managed-charging program pays SC-1 residential customers up to $25 per month for off-peak charging plus a $25 enrollment incentive after three months of active participation. Customers on a non-National Grid electricity supplier receive a slightly reduced $21.33 per month rate. On the commercial side, the Take Charge make-ready program covers up to 100 percent of utility-side electrical infrastructure costs and customer-side caps up to $3,500 per Level 2 port and up to $220 per kW for DCFC ports, though Level 2 and DCFC application windows have been closing on a rolling basis as the Joint Utilities of New York Make-Ready program nears the end of its initial funding cycle. The Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Pilot remains open.

Niagara Mohawk (operated by National Grid) serves about 1.6 million electric customers across Upstate New York: Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Utica, and surrounding counties. Winters here are cold enough that EV range and home-charging time both drop materially in January and February, which makes the predictable overnight off-peak window the practical anchor of any EV plan. The territory sits outside Con Edison's downstate service area, so neither SmartCharge New York nor PowerReady applies; the National Grid programs above are the only utility-run EV programs in the footprint.