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Right. Here in California PG&E is ripping us off for electricity more and more every year. I am absolutely not going to trap myself into using only electricity, trapping me in their monopoly.
PG&E supplies both the gas and the electricity. You're locked into dealing with them no matter which one you use (with the exception of rural areas using propane)
California has expensive electricity because of a deal made decades ago to ensure utility profits stayed high as state-level efficiency mandates kicked in. I expect that deal to be revisited as we shift towards full electrification of space heating.
Socal gas is my gas provider and pge is my electricity provider
Yeah, some parts of southern California are like that; the rest of the state is all PG&E for both except a few municipal utilities
I have tanks filled with kerosene and propane for my gas appliances. But for a lot of CA you're right.