• Veraxus
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    281 month ago

    Based on the chart, the poorest households get screwed, the slightly less poor households get a discount so minor it’s meaningless, and most Californians get nothing.

    The way we handle energy in this state is just straight up corrupt.

    “if you use more you pay more and that encourages conservation,“ said Loretta Lynch, a former CPUC president

    Except the way the utilities have set up their tiers, just having a refrigerator puts you in the higher tiers… and god forbid you run an AC in the warmer months. Californians are getting fleeced by these for-profit energy companies and the corrupt, on-the-take politicians that support, protect, and enable them.