Had a good experience with Tristar Electric of Jessup, which found me by my putting in a request with Qmerit. The hard part was getting a Chargepoint in a reasonable amount of time. But I learned that they do pop into stock at Amazon occasionally, if you’re tracking it closely.
I'm not planning to charge at home for another 2 yrs and 20 months. I'm lucky to have an EA station at Walmart Rt29/Rt40, 4 miles away. And another EA station 7 miles at Walmart MD175/Dobbin Rd near the Columbia MVA.
We purchased with Ourisman in Rockville, too. Phillip and Johnny were great to work with, both really helped smooth things over when some issues popped up in the buying process and stayed very late to accommodate our schedule on our pickup day. I can't recommend those two enough.
So I'm just getting around to choosing a charger and installer. I noticed that BGE is not presently providing rebates ($300) for chargers, and that there was a requirement that it be a specific charger (they identify 4 chargers). What's unclear is whether any smart Level 2 charger can use BGE's Time of Use rates. The language is a bit ambiguous about "eligible chargers" which would appear to reference those eligible for the rebate -- but I'm unclear.
I have a ChargePoint 32amp EVSE that I have taking advantage of the TOU rate with BGE. You need to use a qualified brand that will register / connect you to the BGE EVsmart TOU program. When you fill out your application you’ll be redirected to the EVSE manufacturer site to register. I’m pretty sure your equipment must be connected to wifi (at least initially) to get it working.
