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That's a good question. If the CPUC assesses the $24 fee against CCA customers, I suppose some CCA customers would go back to PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E to save a few cents per kWh. But I don't think so many would leave that the CCAs have to shut down. On the other hand, if the CPUC only applies...

Thanks for confirming that. I just came across this more detailed writeup about the issue. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/california-regulator-takes-income-based-electric-bills-off-the-table

I have lost track of all the rate proposals that the CPUC and the for profit utility corporations have on the table, so I'm not sure if the proposal below is just one more or if this is the CPUC's response to the utilities' $128/month flat charge proposal...

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles' total compensation is around $250,000 per year, or less than 2 percent of the total compensation of the CEO of PG&E. And I think the Director of DMV is doing a better job...

Yes, the Governor and a lot of other people said the 2021 draft NEM 3 proposal needed more work. And supposedly the CPUC has been working on it since then. CPUC staff floated a few new ideas about the proposal earlier this year and got another ear full of negative comments, but I haven't seen...

I couldn't find anything about new revisions to the NEM 3 proposal in the Google news feeds, and the CPUC's web page doesn't mention it either. So I guess if the CPUC is going to hear oral arguments about NEM 3 on November 16, they are going to hear arguments about the draft proposals that came...

I would support maintaining the grid with taxpayer dollars if the state owned and operated the grid. But where I live, PG&E owns "the grid", not the taxpayers. And as long as the grid belongs to private, for profit corporations like PG&E, SDG&E, and SCE, I think those corporations should pay...

From today's Sacramento Bee: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article265088989.html

I really don't believe that the State of California has the legal authority to impose a tax on electricity that people produce themselves for their own use behind the meter. And worse, to require people to pay that tax to a for-profit corporation. I'll be happy to sign on to one of the...

I tend to agree. Governor Newsom got a lot of positive coverage in the mainstream press when the Air Resources Board banned the sale of new ICE vehicles, effective 2035. If Newsom really is planning a run for the White House, the last thing he needs is for the CPUC to trash his reputation as a...

I have been following this discussion for months but I must have missed the posts that talk about it being illegal to have a non-exporting PV system without entering into a NEM agreement. Can someone refer me to the source of that info? Thanks.

The draft letter says the CPUC has reduced grandfathered installations from 20 years to 15 years. But the CPUC hasn't released their NEM 3 decision, and I understood they were still debating the proposal to reduce the NEM 3 grandfather period. Does SCE have inside information about what the...

Your current NEM agreement should be in force for 20 from the date your your system was installed, if you haven't modified your system since then. The CPUC proposal to reduce that period to 15 years hasn't passed and it may not pass. If you are sure of your dates, contact PG&E and ask them why...

Ohmman, what you are writing is perfectly clear and I agree with you. In fact, if the CPUC adopts NEM 3, that's what I plan to do when my NEM contract expires in two years. I'll put an export limiter on my inverter to stop sending my surplus PV output to PG&E. Instead, I'll add batteries to...