U-20675-0020

Overview

DTE Electric filed notice of its Business Charge Connect value-added program to offer voluntary EV charger installation services for business customers, with all program revenues and costs kept outside base rates to avoid cross-subsidization.

Key Points

• •Program provides turnkey business EV charger installation including planning, design, construction, and grid integration
• •Participation is voluntary and customers may choose payment upfront, in installments, or financed
• •Marketing will rely on websites, brochures, and digital marketing, not CRM lists or bill inserts
• •Program accounting will use separate books and account 417 for nonutility revenues
• •Indirect costs will be allocated using the Massachusetts formula with no impact on utility rates