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>Some state Republican lawmakers are warning the changes could produce unintended results, such as weakening incentives to conserve electricity or raising costs
by no_wizard 3y ago
>Some state Republican lawmakers are warning the changes could produce unintended results, such as weakening incentives to conserve electricity or raising costs for customers using solar energy.
Finally on the right side of history these guys. In this instance, they're right. It makes the economic incentives to conserve electricity and invest in rooftop solar completely backward. You're undermining conservation efforts and clean energy all in one swoop, just so more profits can be reaped by the power companies
- paxys 3y agoNow ask these Republicans what they think about nationalizing this utility company which is in charge of providing power to most of the state vs having it run as a private for-profit enterprise.
- polski-g 3y agoHas the Californian government proved to you that they would be a good steward of a state-run energy utility?
- bonestamp2 3y agoI guess time will tell if they're right or not. I do think they're on to something, or at least the utilities are wrong about something. The utilities are pulling the same move the cable companies did -- rapidly increasing prices as competition (solar in this case) encroaches on their turf. It's a classic attempt to increase short term profits while ignoring the long term effects, not to mention doing it in the most lazy way possible (increasing the price instead of lowering costs). If they anger all of their rich customers they will drive them away even faster (to solar and batteries, and they won't even need to be on the grid). I'm sure with regulatory capture they'll be able to get a law passed that requires houses to be connected (and pay the $95+ fees every month), if they haven't done that already.