The CA PUC is the landing spot for retired former PG&E executives.

utility reps. Talk about a conflict of interest, eh?

and for the last 12 years, that means Jerry Brown or Gavin Newsom.

this thread is about electric rates in California.

Trying to get through to LHEAP.

Every year they will have to adjust the fixed rate by how much the customer made the previous year. I hope they hire more staff.

There is already a program for low income customers. This sounds like an alteration to the current system. I live in a senior mobile home park where many of the residents qualify for this program. Some of the ones I talk to say their electric bill is $20-30 a month. Our household income is not low enough to qualify for this program. We have had electric bills that are over $400 for one month.

Hopefully this program will mean more of a sliding scale instead of an income cut-off amount that greatly lowers rates for some and does nothing for those who are just over the threshold.

What's strange is this is the first I have heard about this program and I am a total newshound. Any way, I hope it helps us, at least a little.

There is a paywall in the link in the OP.

We’re in the process of doubling the panels on our roof (getting it in while we can still be grandfathered on selling back excess to them) because we’re still getting smacked by Southern California Edison for usage.

CA is already flat-rating the sell-back amount instead of metered for any new solar installations starting this month. The whole new process is bullshit because when we sell back excess generation we’re helping them handle excess usage so they don’t have to add more generating/transit capacity to the grid.

I hope this new scheme is grandfathered as well, or we’re going to get hammered by a flat rate charge on top of our panels’ lease payments. Otherwise, we’re going to get hosed again for trying to do the right thing.

I don’t see why a flat rate is a good thing, as it does nothing to incent conservation. Even if the flat rates are sky-high, I can just see people cranking the air conditioning and charging cars during peak period if this is implemented.