Recent content by brian.c

BTW, I should also add, I did have a rattle in the headliner before. It was much more than a popping sound. Sounded more like a loose screw bouncing around. Mobile tech came out, said it was the safety strap for the headliner. The screw was loose allowing it the rattle. That sound was very loud...

So after tearing things apart about 20 times, I figured out the sound was actually coming from the door panel. Not sure if its the same sound you are hearing, but I finally narrowed it down by removing the pillar post interior panel and driving around. I had 2 different noises coming from the...

I am not going to worry about it yet, I have a little over 4 years of nem under the current proposal. At year 3 I will start investigating my options. Too much can change between now and then.

I think the minimums are based on service... My minimum electric bill is about $10 a month, I could not find anything for minimum on gas... This begs to ask the question, will they start wanting to charge us a minimum gas charge if we start replacing gas appliances with electric. :oops:

Because they won't be able to charge what they want. Even if we completely removed NEM, 0 credit on exports. I still come out way ahead than the current proposal. Current proposal my average bill will be about $200, no NEM at all, about $125, current bill is the minimum $10 as of now. The export...

This is my biggest issue with the fixed fees. I have a total of 12.7kw of panels, I would be extremely lucky to hit 9.5kw of output. There is also no consideration if the system is down, if the system has degraded over time etc. My original system installed 10 years ago outputs about 80% of what...

I ended up not doing the NGOM... My thinking was that I had about 10 years left of grandfathering, and have no idea if I will still be in this home that long. Now that CPUC is planning to reduce grandfathering, and the wacky fees they want to impose, $5k does not sound too bad for the meter and...

In my opinion ROI is the wrong way for CPUC to be looking at it in the first place. Why does it really even matter? It just sounds like they are trying to justify the hefty fees being imposed. Can anyone think the $8 per kw fee is fair? I could care less about NEM, kill it completely, but the $8...

Yep, my dad has been out for a few days now, he lives right above Auburn. I went up to help him bring up firewood, as I was leaving, all the lines down the street were on the ground from falling trees. As of now they have no ETA, but a friend who has connections was saying likely be mid Jan...

Many people don't care about saving money. My neighbor requested the previous owner remove the entire PV system, so she could pay a little less for the house. I have no idea what the discount was, but he did pull them, and sold them for cash. My understanding though, the discount was no where...

What else would you expect from an investor owned monopoly? I am usually not for government run... But this is a case where I think local governments should control their grid. My understanding is, PG&E sets a very high price if anyone wants to buy them out for a specific area so not likely a...

Kind of sounds like our tax system 🤣

The city next to me has their own public utility, they charge a flat $29 to be connected to the grid. Their rates are half of what PG&E charges. So every customer will pay at least the $29. PG&E should start by raising the minimum monthly charge, which I believe is about $10. Just doing this...

Well that is pretty obvious, if I buy something with the terms being 20 years, it should not change. The 20 years is posted all over PG&E, so its not like its some theoretic could go away term. No where that I have ever seen does the IOUs state that the 20 year grandfather is arbitrary and can...

I think you are missing the point, no one here thinks it should not change. The current system is too far in favor of solar. Personally, I am fine with the proposal of only wholesale on exports, and pay retail on imports. The per kw fee is what I think many think is excessive. Just changing NEM...