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If you save, we will charge you more (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mesamunefire to c/california

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24104102

Seen on reddit and other sources:

https://old.reddit.com/r/fresno/comments/1hxqlx7/the_more_i_try_to_save_energy_the_higher_the/

Its already 50c or more per kilowatt hour... https://www.pge.com/assets/pge/docs/account/rate-plans/residential-electric-rate-plan-pricing.pdf

On top of the "The Electric Home Rate Plan includes a $15-per-month Base Services Charge"... because people were starting to get 100% of their power from solar and it was "unfair".

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[–] ChicoSuave 6 points 2 weeks ago

Pacific gas and electric is privately owned by a billionaire family so those "fees" would end up going in their pocket while still having the slowest change to underground lines. The real solution is make it a public utility. It would fix a lot of problems with the service and how it is run.