San Diego electric company proposes billing based on income instead of usage

[Anonymous]

Ok, this is WILD:

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/sdge-proposes-billing-customers-based-on-income/509-a2e48373-bfe7-4e4b-9767-30cdb7564082

It’s in the name of making things more equitable…

I don’t see how this works well… what if someone has solar, for example? Although are lower income people more likely to have smaller abodes making less demands for electricity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, this is WILD:

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/sdge-proposes-billing-customers-based-on-income/509-a2e48373-bfe7-4e4b-9767-30cdb7564082

It’s in the name of making things more equitable…

I don’t see how this works well… what if someone has solar, for example? Although are lower income people more likely to have smaller abodes making less demands for electricity?

Oh, GOD! The left

[Anonymous]

Insanity

[Anonymous]

Read the proposal.
Here's a breakdown of where you'd fall based on your income.
Households earning less than $28,000 a year would pay a fixed delivery rate of $24 per month.
Households earning under $69,000, that fixed price goes up to $34.
Households earning between $69,000 and $180,000, that price goes up to $73.
Households earning over $180,000 dollars will pay $128.
Everyone's average kilowatt hour rate drops from 47 cents to 27 cents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insanity

I already get charged more per kilowatt after a certain usage is reached. Don't see how this is that significantly different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insanity

I already get charged more per kilowatt after a certain usage is reached. Don't see how this is that significantly different.

The charging based on income part is insanity.

[Anonymous]

I have a feeling lower-income households are using the most energy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling lower-income households are using the most energy.

I don't have to wear in sweatshirt in August because the homes on my food pantry route have AC cranking to cool their tiny apartment to 62 degrees. I think you need to do a little more research into energy usage.

[Anonymous]

Wealthier people are far more likely to consume more energy, so that part tracks.

As for solar, poorer households are less likely to be able to afford it. As such, solar should be subsidized until it's ubiquitous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insanity

I already get charged more per kilowatt after a certain usage is reached. Don't see how this is that significantly different.

The charging based on income part is insanity.

This. You will see crazy shell games where a high-income homeowner "rents" their property to a low-income "friend" to lower their electricity bill.

[Anonymous]

When I lived in San Diego a few years ago, on the water bill there was a section to donate money to pay other people's water bills. This does not shock me in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insanity

I already get charged more per kilowatt after a certain usage is reached. Don't see how this is that significantly different.

The charging based on income part is insanity.

This. You will see crazy shell games where a high-income homeowner "rents" their property to a low-income "friend" to lower their electricity bill.

To get a 128 per month bill reduced by 50 bucks? I seriously doubt it.

[Anonymous]

$.47/kwh is an insane rate. Even $.27/kwh is insane.

Maybe they should just figure out why their rates are so high in the first place and fix whatever is causing that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, this is WILD:

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/sdge-proposes-billing-customers-based-on-income/509-a2e48373-bfe7-4e4b-9767-30cdb7564082

It’s in the name of making things more equitable…

I don’t see how this works well… what if someone has solar, for example? Although are lower income people more likely to have smaller abodes making less demands for electricity?

Oh, GOD! The left

You stupid goobers can’t even understand the actual proposal so you stop at the headline and then think you have a clue. The actual proposal is to cap the delivery fee. Everyone still pays the same price for all of the kWh they consume.

“SDG&E's plan is to offer residential customers a fixed delivery rate every billing cycle, no matter how much electricity is used.

“By having a fixed price for the delivery portion, we can actually reduce the remaining electricity rate by about 42% so that can create additional bill savings,” said Scott Crider, SDG&E's Vice President of External Affairs and Operations Support.”

[Anonymous]

Has anyone in this thread actually read the details of this because y’all are acting like this is about poor people not paying for the electricity that they use when it is kot about that at all.