Sir Humphrey said:
EV owners will set their cars to pause charging between 5 and 8PM to avoid the time of typical peak demand
We investigated and found that our peak demand was hot afternoons. Air-conditioning uses far more kWh than stoves because once the AC is running it’s left on until bed-time (or all night in some cases). Meanwhile, refrigerators run for a few minutes and stoves are turned off after an hour or so.
So perhaps any permission to draw current for EV charging should allow for the weather!