Please consider PG&E Monthly Bills Could Jump Due to New State Law.
PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, the three major California utilities whose services include electricity, have filed a joint proposal with the state Public Utilities Commission that sketches out proposed changes in monthly bills.
At present, those bills are primarily based on how much electricity and gas customers consume.
A new proposal would add a fixed monthly charge that would be based on the household income levels of the respective customers.
“This proposal aims to help lower bills for those who need it most and improves billing transparency and predictability for all customers,” said Marlene Santos, PG&E’s chief customer officer.
Predictable Charges
- Households earning less than $28,000 a year would pay a fixed charge of $15 a month on their electric bills.
- Households with annual income from $28,000 to $69,000 would pay $30 a month.
- Households earning from $69,000 to $180,000 would pay $51 a month.
- Those with incomes above $180,000 would pay $92 a month.
Whether a household uses any electricity or not, if household income was over $180,000 then the household would pay $1,104 a year.
The fixed and variable percentages were not even disclosed.
This would especially hit vacation homes. It would also hit high income cities like San Francisco.
Quick Facts San Francisco
According to Quick Facts San Francisco from the US Census Department, the median household income in San Francisco (in 2021 dollars), for 2017-2021 is $126,187.
Thus, at least half of San Francisco households would pay the second-highest rate no matter how little electricity they used.
PG&E says many customers would ultimately pay less for electricity. Since “many” might mean 10 percent, the statement is likely true.
In practice, I suspect between 75 and 90 percent of the households would pay much more and the beneficiaries a little less.
Income Verification
Note that the process incurs news costs of verifying income.
“The proposal recommends a qualified, independent state agency or third party be responsible for verifying customers’ total household incomes,” PG&E said in an emailed statement.
This is scary enough in and of itself.
Masking New Green Energy Mandates
The state wants to phase out gasoline by 2035. That will put increasing pressure on utilities to increase electrical output.
Prices are guaranteed going up. Adding capacity is not free.
During the 12 months that ended in February, electric utility bills — essentially arising from what PG&E charges its customers — rocketed higher by 13.6% in the Bay Area, according to a report released in March by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This proposal is a ploy to mask inane carbon policies in California, and it won’t stop there.
Understanding Marxism: From Each According to His Ability
Charging people for energy they do not even use for the benefit of those who allegedly need free energy is inherently Marxist.
“Needs become demands and demands become rights. Eventually the productive become virtual slaves to the productive.”
Please play the video because that’s precisely what’s going on.
The Price of Bread or Rent
Why stop with utility prices? What about income surtaxes on rent, cars, hotels stays, or bread?
Imagine walking into a grocery store where the price of bread is not based on the size of the loaf, but how much money you make.
That’s what California utilities seek to do with electricity prices.
Damn the Inflation, Full Speed Ahead
Biden’s and California’s energy policy can easily be summed up in meme phrases.
- Damn the Inflation, Full Speed Ahead
- What, Me Worry?
- The world will end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.
On March 22, 2022, I commented Biden Doing Everything Possible to Drive Up the Price of Oil, Some of It’s Illegal
On November 30, 2022, I commented The EU is Very Worried About Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
On December 3, 2022, I commented Damn That Wind, It’s Not Listening to Biden or AOC
On February 7, 2023, I commented Biden Gives a Well-Delivered SOTU Speech Begging for More Inflation and Tax Hikes
On January 16, 2023, I commented “America First”, Biden and Trump Both Guilty of Sponsoring Inflation
Biden’s Energy Policy Mandates Cause Severe Shortage of Electrical Steel and Transformers
In case you missed it, please see Biden’s Energy Policy Mandates Cause Severe Shortage of Electrical Steel and Transformers
PG&E knows it will have to raise prices significantly. Under guise of fairness, the proposal is a blatant Marxist ploy to mask the cost of inane carbon policies.
It won’t stop with energy. Look for “affordable housing” rent surtaxes based on income as the next logical target.
Then look for the state to attempt to tax those fleeing from these Marxist ideas.
This post originated at MishTalk.Com
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When,
by their foolish thirst for reputation, they [popular leaders] have created
among the masses an appetite for gifts and the habit of receiving them,
democracy in its turn is abolished, and changes into a rule of force and
violence. . . . For the people, having grown accustomed to feed
at the expense of others, and to depend for their livelihood on the property of
others, …degenerate into perfect savages, and find once more a master or
monarch. Polybius 264 -146 BC
We can make a referendum with a simple proposal: Ginger haired people must pay 1000$ to blondes. The ourcome is clear, there are more blondes. Is this democratic or fair?
Our system, with may the best man win, they would have called aristocracy. Aristocracy can select the rulers on the basis of heredity, or on the basis of popularity contests, or other selection mechanisms.
There are many programs for low income customers that approximate the
same effect. They’ve been around for decades. This could be cast as a
way to reduce paperwork and ensure all eligible customers receive the
benefits.”
As Californians get more efficient(with solar etc.) the utilities need a revenue stream. PGE corp, the holding company, is addicted to siphoning profits and money from PGE the utility(with Gavin Newsom’s help.) So, this has nothing to do with equity – it’s about a higher revenue stream for less service. Basically criminal