Good Ole California.

[Bande]

State is considering charging customers a flat rate Monthly based on income plus usage fee.


https://abc7.com/utility-bills-income-california/13126671/

[Blkfyre]

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[Bande]

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Your point please? Am I missing something?
Do not let that chart fool you.
Yes that is part of the monthly fee for maintaining + usage fees.

[Blkfyre]

Your point please? Am I missing something?
Do not let that chart fool you.
Yes that is part of the monthly fee for maintaining + usage fees.

From the article linked but apparently you seem not to have not read:

"The plan would break monthly bills in two parts: The fixed-income rate, plus a reduced usage charge based on consumption.

While that specific cost would go up, the actual electricity rate would go down by a third. It means customers could control their bill somewhat - if they're able to reduce electricity use."

So, for lower income people this would LOWER their bill.

You were more interested in the headline as a GOTCHA than the actual facts...

[dogwalker]

I don't trust any proposal by PG&E to "save money." 
That was promised to me a few years ago for electricity.
What happened?
My electricity bills used to be low and predictable (fairly constant).
Now they are variable and WAY higher.

[Danno]

mine is $20/ mo   solar

[Fathernature69]

I agree with Dog Walker.  I don't trust PGE. 

I have SMUD and PGE.  My PGE for gas was over $150 a month, and I section heat the house during the winter months. 

I just can't believe my gas bill would go down to under $90 when PGE hit me up for $150 for December, January, February, March, and who knows fkr April. 

Just math of the higher tier is $1028 a year (85x11).  My gas bill is nothing May-Nov.  Last June my gas bill was $22 Which translate less than $900.  By math it's cheaper to stay on the existing plan than to move to the new plan that Governor Newsom and PGE have worked on.

[HighStepper]

I agree with the above posters that do not trust PG&E.

Utility rates should be based on usage not income.

[Romanticlover]

mine is $20/ mo   solar

Guess what, they changed(as of the 15th) what you get for selling excess back to the utilities.
Was .30kw/h...now it's .05kw/hr

https://www.kcra.com/article/california-excess-solar-energy-credits-changing/43558255

[Romanticlover]

I don't blame the utilities, I blame the Democrats who run this state.
The Democrats passed a law last year that forces the utilities to implement this.
Democrats have never heard the saying: "If it ain't broken don't fix it"
Their motto is: "If it works we must break it"

You people keep voting for these idiots.

[Danno]

I Blame the democrats for getting to much snow and rain

[CigarMan]

mine is $20/ mo   solar

It will be PLUS the above fee at some point.

[Danno]

In my opinion, if you are worried about paying utility bills, maybe this hobby isn't for you.

[Romanticlover]

In my opinion, basing someone's utility bill on their income is stupid and unfair.

[Danno]

What's not fair is Billionaires paying less taxes than a school teacher