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PG&E bills to rise as California regulators approve 4th rate hike this year

abc30.com PG&E bills to rise as California regulators approve 4th rate hike this year

PG&E customers can expect an increase of about $6 as soon as October.

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PG&E is very blatantly trying to crush EV adoption is California. They're even advertising their EV plan by comparing their pricing to buying gas at the pump.

$0.65/kWh during peak is probably the highest power cost in the whole US, even including Hawaii.

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- That rate is insane. I live in the PNW in a high cost of living area and drive an EV. I don't even see charging stations, which during peak times often charge five times or higher the market rates for energy up here, charging that much.
  
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Who the fuck keeps approving these? We already have the highest rates in the country ffs

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- I believe this clip could explain that.
  
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  Now I've got this song in my head...
  
  https://youtu.be/k9K-8ZT-J2Q?si=UQ6GxdXhtci6CCj5
  
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How long before PG&E blames the rate increases on all those people with solar panels.

Oh wait, they already did.

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At this point the regulators are totally in the hands of PG&E. They are getting everything they want. The cost of power here in California is insane. My mother is paying over $300 a month. We are being robbed.

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Wasn’t one of PG&E’s recent justifications for an anti-solar maneuver “solar isn’t fair to poor people”?

Exorbitant electric bills are fair to poor people I guess?

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All while burning huge swaths of land every year as well as pleading guilty to manslaughter for the deadliest fire of CA history.

We’ve got so many large fires raging that inspectors are spread thin; but I’d put good money on a few being caused by poor infrastructure maintained by PG&E

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I'm on municipal power, by my MIL 10 minutes away is on PG&E and her rate is easily 4x mine, it's absurd. She doesn't even have AC and her power bill is over $800/mo!

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- That's crazy. Is solar an option? It's close to $120/mo depending on how many panels you get and the terms of the loan/lease. And if you buy you get up to a 1/3 of it back in tax credit (assuming you owe enough).
  
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  You normally have to own your home and it takes well over 10 years before you recover the cost of purchasing solar. Home ownership is out of reach for many in California.
  
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"This latest rate hike comes as PG&E stopped accepting applications for its REACH relief program due to overwhelming demand."

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