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They are shifting the charges from all usage based to partially fee based, which forces those who use very little (due to having solar on their home for example
by standardUser 2y ago
They are shifting the charges from all usage based to partially fee based, which forces those who use very little (due to having solar on their home for example) to still have to pay. That's offsetting the reduction in usage rates. And in all cases lower income households get subsidies.
- zzzeek 2y agoOK but if someone with very low income and a "fixed rate" starts using thousands of kwh to mine bitcoins (which are also pretty easy to hide from income!), that still would run up their bill I hope
- r00fus 2y agoLower income get subsidies (and lowered rates) but at what point does the seemingly corrupt PUC decide to simply raise them again? The bigger thing that's overlooked in this regulatory change is the removal of caps on fees. So that $24 is going to be $50 or $80 pretty quickly.