The real point of this article is how busted the PG&E rate plans are. The author says: > Do we really need 106 different rate plans in California? Why don’t ut

The real point of this article is how busted the PG&E rate plans are. The author says: > Do we really need 106 different rate plans in California? Why don’t utilities automatically put people on the cheapest rate plan for them, and reevaluate monthly based on usage? And I think it makes sense to simplify, but I would bet that the old plans are required to persist for existing customers. That's how the NEM 2 folks are sticking with their previous contracts. It would be more efficient for everyone if PG&E could rationalize these various plans, but to do so, they'd also need to forcibly migrate people to other plans.