El Paso Electric peak and off-peak hours
What are El Paso Electric’s peak hours?
It depends on the plan. Rate 01 TOD: Peak 3 pm–7 pm, on weekdays, in summer (in winter: off-peak all day); weekends: off-peak all day. Hours are local clock time.
When is electricity cheapest on El Paso Electric?
On summer weekdays the lowest price is Rate 01 TOD: 7 pm–3 pm next day at 8.8¢/kWh, against 25.9¢ at the peak. Rate 01 charges the same price at every hour.
Which El Paso Electric plan is cheapest?
For a typical New Mexico home using 648 kWh a month, Rate 01 at about $77 a month (11.8¢/kWh all-in, before taxes). With an EV charged at its cheapest hour, Rate 01 TOD gives the lowest total.
Peak and off-peak hours of every utility
Charging an EV on El Paso Electric
1,000 miles a month in a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD (275 kWh from the wall, EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi) at 7.2 kW, added to a typical New Mexico home’s use, on each plan’s cheapest start hour versus plugging in at 6 pm. Averaged over the year.
| Plan | Best start | Charging, best start | Charging from 6 pm | Whole bill with EV |
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| Rate 01 | Any | $30/mo | $30/mo | $106/mo |
| Rate 01 TOD | 12 am | $25/mo | $34/mo | $103/mo |
With an EV charged at its best hour, the cheapest plan overall is Rate 01 TOD. Compare plans on your own usage.
How El Paso Electric’s plans work
Rate 01 (Residential Service, Standard). In July the first 600 kWh a month cost 10.3¢ each; then 14.3¢ above 600 kWh a month. An average New Mexico home (942 kWh in July) goes past the first tier, so extra load such as an EV is priced higher. Fixed charge: $11.19 a month.
Rate 01 TOD (Residential Service, Time of Day). Peak 3 pm–7 pm on July weekdays; 4 of 24 hours carry the top price of 25.9¢. The cheapest July weekday hour costs 8.8¢, so moving 1 kWh out of the top hours saves 17.1¢. In January every hour costs the same (9.1¢). Summer pricing applies Jun–Sep; winter pricing Oct–May. Weekends differ: off-peak all day. Fixed charge: $11.19 a month.
Prices on this page are all-in per kWh, before taxes: base rates, supply and every per-kWh rider in the utility’s current tariff sheets. Your bill shows them as separate lines, and riders can change between tariff revisions.
As a cross-check, El Paso Electric billed its residential customers an average of 10.34¢ per kWh in 2025 (revenue ÷ sales, EIA-861). A plan taken from URDB is shown only if its all-in price is consistent with that figure, adjusted for New Mexico’s price change since.