Even if energy production were competitive (the various Bay area counties have switched to sourcing power themselves), PG&E still owns the power lines and you c

Even if energy production were competitive (the various Bay area counties have switched to sourcing power themselves), PG&E still owns the power lines and you can't have much of a competitive market for that. I pay my bill to peninsula clean energy every month but there's still a fixed chunk that goes to PG&E for the distribution lines.