DrivEV Smart Charging Rewards

Rewards are available to members who own or lease a compatible EV.

Members enroll into DrivEV Smart Charging Rewards either with their vehicle’s telematics or EV charger.

EV Telematics

This option has the most supported auto manufacturers and EV models.

• Check the list of compatible vehicles here.

If your EV make/model is not compatible with DrivEV Rewards, please let us know so that we can gauge member interest of additional vehicles and determine program compatibility.

• Complete this short form and we will notify you if/when your vehicle is eligible.

EV Charger

Qualifying EV chargers include:

• Chargpoint: Home Flex CPH50, CPF25 Level 2
• Emporia: Classic EMEVSE1, Pro EMC2

After verifying your EV is compatible, click the link below to enroll through your vehicle’s telematics.

1. Follow the prompts to create an account.
2. Select and connect your vehicle.
3. Add your charging location.
4. Then select the DrivEV Rewards charging schedule to maximize your rewards.

After verifying your EV charger is compatible, click the link below to enroll your EV charger.

1. Follow the prompts to create an account.
2. Select and connect your charger.
3. Then select the DrivEV Rewards charging schedule to maximize your rewards.

Receive $7 off your monthly electric bill for charging your EV during our rewards time.

Also receive a one-time sign-up bonus of $50 when you successfully enroll in the rewards program.

Rewards Charging Times: 12am – 3pm Monday through Saturday and all day Sunday.
Non-Rewards Time: 3pm – 12am Monday through Saturday.

By opting in to our rewards charging times, you’ll receive the full benefits of program incentives.

You always have the power to override our rewards schedule if you need to charge your EV during our non-rewards time.

If you override the rewards schedule frequently and charge during our monthly peak, PVREA reserves the right to remove the vehicle from the DrivEV program. We will then assist you in transferring to a rate or other program that may help you minimize EV charging costs.

If your electric vehicle isn’t your daily driver, or you don’t travel every day, then you may end up leaving your EV plugged in even after it’s done charging.

To ensure you maximize rewards, be sure to unplug your charger after your battery has reached your desired charge percentage.

Your selected EV charging location must be your PVREA service location (home address). Program participation requires working Wi-Fi and/or cell service at the EV charging location.

You always have the power to override our rewards schedule if you need to charge your EV during our non-rewards charge time between 3pm to midnight.

For ChargePoint chargers, in the Home Screen you will click on the Utility Event banner. After clicking the Utility Event Banner there will be a button you can toggle to opt out of the event. After toggling the button you must also physically unplug and re-plug the car to restart the charging.

If you override the rewards schedule too frequently and charge during our monthly energy peak, PVREA reserves the right to remove the vehicle from the DrivEV program. We will then assist you in transferring to a rate or other program that may help you minimize EV charging costs.

View the Terms & Conditions document electronically or print it out. If instructed to sign and return the document, click the button below.

Connecting most EVs to the DrivEV program is a breeze, but sometimes there could be additional steps required to connect your vehicle. Below are some of the best practices we’ve found that may apply to your vehicle.

Tesla

Tesla has made a change to its software that may require Tesla drivers to reconnect their vehicle. To continue participating in DrivEV Smart Charging Rewards, we may need you to reconnect your Tesla to the program through a two-step process.

1. Use the Reconnect Page link to open the DrivEV Smart Charging Rewards program web app. On the app, tap the “Reconnect Vehicle Now” button and follow the prompts to reconnect your Tesla to FlexEnergi and Smarter. Please select all permissions when prompted. Once completed, go on to Step Two.
2. Use this link to open the Tesla Virtual Key Setup guide. Follow the instructions on the Wiki page to set up your Tesla virtual phone key.

Below are summaries of the four permission prompts that are required in step one:

• The profile information enables us to validate against the connected service account and email used for the sing-up.
• The vehicle information permission enables us to generate status events and access car information such as battery capacity, state of charge, etc.
• The vehicle commands permissions allows us to wake the car up (when it’s in an asleep state) prior to initiating a control charge command.
• The vehicle charging management permission enables us to send control charge commands to the car (start charge or end charging).

Kia & Hyundai

These cars have a 12V battery that could be drained if the vehicle is being polled too frequently. To mitigate this risk, we limit polling to these cars specifically to no more than 10 polls in a 12-hour period.

We also suggest that participants who have either of these vehicles also implement these mitigation steps:

• Make sure you are updating any app or car firmware. For example, Kia Niro vehicles have a firmware fix for a known energy drain problem, so drivers should confirm that they have the most up-to-date firmware.
• Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq should plug their cars in if they go on long vacations to protect the 12V battery.
• Bear in mind that checking your OEM app can drain the 12V battery. If your car is not plugged in, consider limiting how often you check the app to avoid battery drain issues.

Once you are in your Dashboard, click “Add Vehicle +” at the bottom and you will be prompted to select your vehicle and add your log in credentials.

Charging locations should be defined to help utilities understand where EVs are being charged. Unless defined differently by the utility or co-op program, FlexEnergi will only manage charging and/or transmit charging session information at locations that are defined.

PVREA and FlexEnergi takes your data security and data privacy very seriously and uses an encrypted token to communicate with your EV telematics system.

We do not share information that personally identifies you with unaffiliated third parties for their marketing purposes unless you opt-in to that sharing. Visit FlexEnergi’s Privacy Policy for full details.

FlexEnergi utilizes your car’s existing API to:

• Help you meet your utility’s rate schedule and save you money (if you enable this feature).
• Comply with the charging preferences you manually set up in the app.
• Provide anonymized information to PVREA about driving data so they can plan new grid infrastructure and optimize new charging locations for electric vehicles.

Visit FlexEnergi’s Privacy Policy to learn more about how FlexEnergi manages your data.

Your participation in these types of programs helps utilities in a number of ways.

• Helps us plan for the influx of EVs onto the grid over the next decade by automating smart charging.
• Costs could also potentially be lowered by better utilizing existing equipment during idle periods rather than having to pay for costly distribution system upgrades.
• Simplifies the management of EV incentive programs and helps scale the program over time.