California’s electric bills: Are major changes coming? 5 things Californians should know
Written By Richard Perez
Source: Desert Sun | By Wendy Fry
California’s electric bills — already some of the highest in the nation — are rising, but regulators are debating a new plan to charge customers based on their income level.
Typically what you pay for electricity depends on how much you use. But the state’s three largest electric utilities — Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Diego Gas & Electric Company — have proposed a plan to charge customers not just for how much energy they use, but also based on their household income.
“The (utility commission) has to work out all those details and the devil is in the details,” said TURN’s Executive Director Mark Toney.
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