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I hope for the same as you. However, the CPUC/state are political organizations. Over the weekend, I saw a news program interviewing Wyoming residents about Liz Cheney. One resident said that he voted for Cheney to represent the residents, not her conscience. That's why the utilities are...

I don't have any understanding of CPUC operation, but the optics aren't good. Please allow me to explain. From the San Bruno explosion to the recent $2.1 billion fine, how would you grade (A - F) PG&E? I would say that PG&E gets an F grade. At the same time, PG&E executives are getting...

People don't read the report. They read the news articles that result from the report. Here is a San Jose Mercury News article "Here’s why your electricity prices are high and soaring." ( Here’s why your electricity prices are high and soaring ) It says: “When households adopt solar, they’re...

I understand what you are saying, but that only applies to 4pm - 9pm. People use electricity 24/7. You are concerned about people over using electricity during that time. I get it. But that will only cause them to pay more for electricity during off-peak time. You are not considering that...

Under the E1 rate, one is allowed 10.1 kW/day (back in 2018) before getting bumped to tier 2 rate. 1) There is no such thing as consume as much as they want at subsidized prices. 2) Once at tier 2, one pays much higher rate during off-peak. I don't know how to judge fairness between E1 and...

MONEY and POLITICS! PG&E donated heavily to Newsom, who appoints the CPUC commissioners. (‘Blood money' | California politicians and campaigns received $2.1 million from bankrupt, guilty PG&E) Look at this nonsense equity study of electricity rates by 3 UC Berkeley professors...

Today, we don't really distinguish between generation and transmission capacity since most generation plants are remote. But there is loss of energy when electricity is transmitted over long distance. In the future, renewable energy must be paired with utility-scale batteries. The batteries...

Rates are going up because renewable energy cost more. I believe we need to pay it to fight climate change, but some environmentalists don't want to tell the truth. If renewable energy is cheaper, why are the rates going up? Go to Amazon and price a 22 kW gas generator (about $5K - $6K). Go...

PG&E wants to make this a fairness/equity issue, but it really is not. When I installed solar, how much did you pay? Zero! How much money did PG&E make? Zero! That's why PG&E wants to attack and discourage solar owners. PG&E wants to be the sole installer of solar so they can tack on a...

This is not true. I found an interesting CAISO site: California ISO - Supply It has real time and historical data on energy supply and demand. It also breaks down the supply by solar, wind, natural gas, nuclear, etc. I looked at 4/23/21 and 7/31/20 (2 random days). Solar energy never came...

@Bennett327 , Sorry for the late reply. I just became aware of this discussion. What you are saying is that during peak rooftop solar production, the utility companies may already be generating enough electricity. During peak demand, rooftop solar is not generating any electricity to help...