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SF Chronicle Editorial Board: https://archive.md/fFG2l#selection-3261.0-3269.271 https://archive.md/fFG2l#selection-3261.0-3269.271 "While some modest rate ad
by malchow 5y ago
SF Chronicle Editorial Board:
https://archive.md/fFG2l#selection-3261.0-3269.271 https://archive.md/fFG2l#selection-3261.0-3269.271
"While some modest rate adjustments may be appropriate, gouging rooftop solar users at the behest of private utilities, absent massive systemic changes to the way electricity rates are set in California, would be a terrible mistake. Making solar more expensive to operate will only entrench current inequities. If California is serious about lowering rates for customers, it should look for ways to expand solar roofs to renters and others who can’t currently afford to benefit from these installations.
It should also do something to bring its outdated utility model into the solar age.
PG&E is a menace, responsible for some of the worst and most deadly wildfires in state history. And yet California’s energy policy guarantees the company and other private utilities set revenues, regardless of energy demand or competence in delivering that energy safely."
- Fatnino 5y agoPge also burned down a row of houses in San Bruno. That sometimes seems to get forgotten while everyone is looking at the colossal screwups on the electric side of the company.