Most addresses
Georgia Power
- Average home rate (2024)
- 15.49¢/kWh
- Paid for exported solar
- about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder)
- Net-metered home solar, utility-wide
- 11,208
EV charging · Savannah, GA
EV charger installation in Savannah, GA
EV charger installation in Savannah usually means a Level 2 circuit on Georgia Power at an average 15.5¢ per kWh; 55% of homes here are detached, so most have a garage or driveway to wire to.
The solar angle worth knowing · as of August 2026
Level 2 home and workplace charging in Savannah, permitted and code-compliant. If you have solar, an EV is the best load-shifting tool you own: charging from your own midday production converts power that would export at about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder) into power you avoid buying at about 13¢ per kWh. Cost is driven by your panel capacity and the cable route, not the charger.
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Local charging reality
Charging reality in Savannah
The charging economics in Savannah follow the same gap as everything else. A kilowatt-hour that goes straight from your roof into the car during daylight is worth close to twice one you export at roughly 7.22 cents and buy back at about 13. Where the car is out during the day that argument weakens considerably, and we will say so rather than sell around it.
Downtown the practical constraint is usually the run and the review rather than the charger. Historic-district properties frequently park off a lane, the distance from the panel to where the car actually sits is the largest line on the quote, and conduit or a subpanel visible from the public right of way can bring a Certificate of Appropriateness into play. We check the jurisdiction and the district first, because a Savannah address may sit inside the city or in unincorporated Chatham County and the answer differs.
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Solar + EV
Charging from solar in Savannah
A 9.5 kW system here makes about 14,010 kWh a year; a typical EV uses roughly 3,000 to 4,000. Charging at midday uses power Georgia Power would otherwise credit at about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder).
How we do it
How EV charger installation works in Savannah
A load calculation, the route from your panel, an electrical permit through Chatham County and the inspection. We tell you up front whether your panel needs an upgrade.
Cost
What drives EV charger cost in Savannah
The distance from your panel to where the car parks, spare panel capacity for a 40 to 60 amp circuit, and any trenching. 55% of homes here are detached, so most have a garage or driveway run.
Savannah specifics
What to expect here
Local constraints that come up on Savannah charger installs.
- 01
Permit and inspection required
Chatham County treats hard-wired charging as electrical work.
- 02
Service panel capacity
A dedicated 40 to 60 amp circuit needs room. Older coastal-city services are often already full.
- 03
Enclosure rating
Salt air is unkind to under-specified outdoor enclosures and connectors. Coastal-rated hardware is not optional here.
- 04
Visibility and approval
Savannah has two different historic review bodies and which one you face depends on your address. The Historic District Board of Review handles the Downtown Historic Overlay District; the Historic Preservation Commission handles the Victorian, Streetcar and Cuyler-Brownville districts. Any exterior change visible from the public right of way, lanes included, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, and rooftop solar downtown is genuinely petitioned rather than waved through. A Certificate of Appropriateness is not a building permit, and a project inside the districts needs both.
- 05
The route to the car
Panel beside the parking spot is the cheap case. A detached garage needing a trench is the expensive one. This drives price more than the charger does.
- 06
Workplace charging
For businesses, load sharing and who pays for the power matter more than hardware. See commercial.
- 07
What you pay to charge here
Georgia Power bills at about 13¢ per kWh retail and credits exported solar at about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder) (August 2026); Canoochee EMC serves parts of Chatham County outside the city, so confirm the account. That gap is the whole argument for charging during generating hours rather than overnight.
- 08
Charging through an outage
Long hot summers with cooling load peaking in the same hours the roof produces hardest, and a genuine hurricane exposure. Storm outages here are a real planning input rather than a sales line.
Permits and approvals
What approval takes in Savannah
6 approvals for a Savannah system. We file every one.
- 01A building permit and a separate electrical permit
- 02A Certificate of Appropriateness before the work, where any exterior change is visible from the public right of way inside a historic district. This is separate from, and additional to, the building permit
- 03A pre-application conference with Metropolitan Planning Commission staff where the petition goes to a board rather than to staff review
- 04Permits from the City of Savannah for addresses inside city limits, or from the Chatham County Office of Building Safety and Regulatory Services for unincorporated addresses, which does not accept applications by fax or email
- 05An additional electrical permit where battery storage is included
- 06Interconnection approval from Georgia Power, whose residential renewable programme caps systems at 10 kW AC
Your utility decides payback
EV charger installation in Savannah: your power rate
Georgia Power and Canoochee EMC split Savannah street by street. We read yours off your bill first.
Some addresses
Canoochee EMC
- Average home rate (2024)
- 13.98¢/kWh
- Paid for exported solar
- Set by the co-op; we confirm it per account
- Net-metered home solar, utility-wide
- 194
For comparison: Georgia average 14.08¢ · U.S. average 16.48¢. Georgia had 18,612 net-metered home solar systems at the end of 2024.
Rates: US EIA Form EIA-861, 2024 averages incl. fixed charges, not tariffs. Export terms as of August 2026.
Homes in Savannah
Savannah homes and EV charger installation
- 26,019owner-occupied homes (44% of 58,632)
- 1971median year homes were built
- 55%of homes are single-family detached
- $225kmedian owner-occupied home value
- Half of Savannah homes are more than 55 years old, so the roof check matters here: a roof with under ten years left should be replaced before solar goes on, or at the same time.
- Only 55% of homes are single-family detached; in the other 45% the association or shared roof decides first.
- 26,019 Savannah households own their home, the ones who can install and claim the system as an asset.
- A 9.5 kW system at about $24,605 is roughly 11% of the median $225k Savannah home value.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates for Savannah city. Estimates, rounded.
Our work
Real systems our crews have installed
Our own job photos, not stock or renders. Coastal.
Off-GridOff-grid lake cabinGround-tilt metal roof array
ResidentialFull black-on-blackPoolside single-story home
CommercialCommercial rooftopTilt-mounted rooftop system
ResidentialStanding-seam metal roofLakeside multi-facet install
ResidentialDetached garage arrayFarmhouse-style home
ResidentialShingle rooftop arrayBackyard-facing slope
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Free assessment · Savannah, GA
Get a straight answer for your Savannah roof
We read your bill, confirm your Georgia Power export terms, and tell you what your roof in Chatham County will actually carry, and say so if it will not pay.
- Most addresses here are on Georgia Power, but Canoochee EMC serves parts of Chatham County outside the city. We confirm yours from your bill before we quote anything
- A building permit and a separate electrical permit: we pull it and manage the inspections
- Savannah has two different historic review bodies and which one you face depends on your address.
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Savannah EV charging FAQ
EV charger questions from Savannah drivers
Should I charge my EV during the day or overnight in Savannah?
If you have solar, daytime charging is usually better under current rates. Georgia Power credits exported power at about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder) while you buy power at about 13¢ per kWh, so charging from your own midday production converts low-value export into high-value self-consumption.
Do I need a permit for an EV charger in Chatham County?
Yes, hard-wired EV charging equipment is electrical work requiring a permit and inspection in Chatham County, and it must meet the National Electrical Code as adopted in Georgia. We pull the permit and handle the inspection.
How much solar does EV charger installation in Savannah need to cover my car?
A typical EV uses roughly 3,000 to 4,000 kWh a year. Each kW of panels here makes about 1,475 kWh a year, so about 2 to 3 kW of extra solar covers it. Georgia Power households paid about 15.5¢ per kWh on average in 2024.
Do I need a permit for EV charger installation in Savannah?
A hardwired Level 2 charger needs an electrical permit through Chatham County. We pull it and book the inspection.
Is EV charger installation in Savannah worth it with solar?
Usually. Charging at midday uses power Georgia Power would credit at about 7.22¢ per kWh (a 3.2188¢ avoided-cost rate plus a 4¢ adder) instead of exporting it. Georgia Power households paid about 15.5¢ per kWh on average in 2024.
Free, no-pressure assessment
Get charging sorted at your Savannah address
We will run the load calculation, look at the route, tell you honestly whether you need a panel upgrade, and set charging up to work with your solar rather than against it.
Mon–Sat, 10am–6:30pm ET · We typically follow up within the hour.