{"id":302963,"date":"2025-05-15T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=302963"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:38:05","slug":"ava-community-energy-launches-smart-home-charging-program-for-ev-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ava-community-energy-launches-smart-home-charging-program-for-ev-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Ava Community Energy launches smart home charging program for EV owners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ava Community Energy has launched an innovative program in California aimed at incentivizing electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) owners to charge their vehicles during periods of cleaner and cheaper electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubbed the Ava SmartHome Charging program, this initiative is a collaboration with energy analytics platform Optiwatt and promises its users up to $100 in incentives during their first year of participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative encourages drivers to charge their vehicles when demand is low, typically during off-peak hours, thus maximizing the use of renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Electric vehicle owners in Ava\u2019s service area can now earn rewards for charging their cars with clean energy, thanks to a new program launched by Ava Community Energy. The Ava SmartHome Charging initiative, created in partnership with Optiwatt, not only helps the environment but\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IldylPRNSV\">pic.twitter.com\/IldylPRNSV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The EV Report (@The_EV_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_EV_Report\/status\/1920901583568527544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Paid to Charge: Ava&#8217;s New Program Offers Up to $100 for Clean Energy Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This strategic scheduling has been shown to save participants around $140 annually on their energy bills. EV and PHEV owners who are already customers of Ava can easily join the program by downloading the Optiwatt app, which integrates seamlessly with their vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon enrollment, drivers receive an immediate $75 bonus and can earn an additional $25 each year for continued participation. The app\u2019s advanced algorithm ensures that charging aligns with the consumer&#8217;s individual schedules while prioritizing times when renewable energy is more abundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ava\u2019s CEO Howard Chang, this initiative is a step toward the company\u2019s goal of providing 100% clean energy to customers by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Una nueva opci\u00f3n para electricidad en Stockton y Lathrop est\u00e1 aqu\u00ed (30s)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehENkk4j7i8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Optiwatt\u2019s founder, Casey Donahue, emphasized the benefits of the program, stating that it allows for a significant shift in energy consumption to cleaner periods, while accommodating the growing base of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ava Community Energy, a not-for-profit organization formed in 2018, aims to enroll at least 5,000 vehicles by the end of 2025. This program is seen as a foundational element in a broader virtual power plant strategy, powered by Lunar Energy\u2019s Distributed Energy Resource Management System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ava Community Energy has launched an innovative program in California aimed at incentivizing electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) owners to charge their vehicles during periods of cleaner and cheaper electricity. Dubbed the Ava SmartHome Charging program, this initiative is a collaboration with energy analytics platform Optiwatt and promises its users up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ava-community-energy-launches-smart-home-charging-program-for-ev-owners\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ava Community Energy launches smart home charging program for EV owners&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":302578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8319],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-302963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ev","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303254,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302963\/revisions\/303254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302963"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=302963"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=302963"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=302963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}