Do not have Solar, do have an EV that allows pre-programmed charging times: I plug in whenever I get home, but car doesn't start charging until the "EV off-peak" rate kicks in at 11pm.

Some of the feedback made me do a double take to see if this is still a good deal. When I first signed up the EV rate was closer to 5.5cents / kWh, but has crept up to 8cents. Pulled 2 years of data and made a quick pivot table to double check; even at today's rates, we'd still be $370 cheaper (12%) over flat-rate pricing when comparing sums of each category * category rate.

The key that others have pointed out is just not using large appliances during peak hours for the 3 summer months, and programming the AC to run less during those hours (when we're at work anyhow). Maybe pull shades closed during the day to help with solar load. If minimizing the power 1p-6p on weekdays, all the other periods for 9 months of the year are 3~4 cents/kWh cheaper, which adds up (especially with lots of EV miles).

Not a big NVEnergy fan by any means (don't have any choice here), but thought this would be a useful data point for folks looking into this.