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Want to know exactly how much it'll cost you in electricity bills to power your new plug-in car? If you live in the Detroit area and get your energy from DTE Energy, the information is in your hands The Michigan Public Service Commission announced this week that it has approved the state's first experimental rate for residential customers to recharge their electric vehicles. How much will it cost? Depends.

DTE will offer two rates, a low, off-peak rate to charge plug-in vehicles overnight or a monthly flat rate of $40 per vehicle (how will they identify a single vehicle, though?). Also, DTE will pay up to $2,500 for customers to get a "separately metered circuit with a charging station" installed or just pay for a station's installation. MPSC approved the rate to let DTE see how plug-in vehicles will impact its grid. The experimental rate goes through the end of 2012 and will be available to the first 2,500 customers who sign up.

[Source: Click On Detroit]

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