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”.

  • @Brkdncr
    8•18 hours ago

    This is incredibly simple to fix.

    Generation fee, TOU variable. You pay for the energy you use, depending on when you use it.

    Transmission fee. Flat rate. You pay to keep the equipment maintained. Panel size fee, flat rate. You pay more if you need to support larger loads.

    That’s the math.

    • @ChicoSuave
      6•12 hours 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.

    • @brlemworld
      1•11 hours ago

      TOU is bad for the environment. It’s basically making it cheaper to use dirty sources like gas

      • @Brkdncr
        1•11 hours ago

        Power costs different amounts at different times of the day. There’s no going around that.