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


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

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Quote from: Blkfyre on Apr 17, 2023, 06:19 PMGuests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login

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.

Quote from: Bande on Apr 17, 2023, 06:24 PMYour 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...

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.

mine is $20/ mo   solar

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.

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

Utility rates should be based on usage not income.

Quote from: Danno on Apr 17, 2023, 07:48 PMmine 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

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.

I Blame the democrats for getting to much snow and rain

Quote from: Danno on Apr 17, 2023, 07:48 PMmine is $20/ mo   solar

It will be PLUS the above fee at some point.

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

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

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