Cost comparison: home charging versus public charging

Is home charging always cheaper?

In many scenarios, home charging is the cheapest option, especially with dynamic prices. But not always. This article compares typical costs for home, workplace, and public charging.

What makes up the costs?

• Home: raw energy price + taxes + grid fees.
• Public: energy price + charge point fee + possible charge card markup.
• Workplace: often a fixed (lower) tariff or even free charging.

How Leafy Energy visualises this

• Home sessions are calculated using dynamic hourly prices.
• Public sessions are usually imported from roaming or charge card data.
• The dashboard shows an average price per kWh for each location type.

In demos you can compare a “home only” scenario with a “home + public mix” scenario, including an indicative monthly bill.