CA Subsidizes Elec Power Usage With Fixed Cost

[Revoltingest]

Is this real?
Is reporting accurate?
I find it hard to believe that many people would pay
for electricity based upon their income, rather than
how much they use. This would discourage
conservation.
So assuming CA legislators aren't that irresponsible,
what am I missing?

California power companies roll out fixed-rate bill proposal

Editor’s Note: this article has been updated to include additional billing details. If you earn more, you pay more. That’s the basic idea behind sweeping changes proposed by California’s three larg…

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State utility bills may see a change with a fixed-rate based on income

A new state law requires utility companies in California to come up with a fixed-rate plan to help stabilize rates and make bills more affordable.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Twilight Hue]

Subsidizing just means higher taxes and fees through the back door rather than through the front door.

 

[Revoltingest]

Subsidizing just means higher taxes and fees through the back door rather than through the front door.

Well that's why it's popular. Give'm something that
another person/company pays for. People love that.
Why conserve if you get all you want at no added cost, eh.
CA sure does have its share of idiots.

 

[exchemist]

Subsidizing just means higher taxes and fees through the back door rather than through the front door.

Wrong. Altering how one energy source is paid for alters people's choices and behaviour. That's the - rather elementary - point. By partial funding via taxes, you pay for a portion of it whether you use it or not. So you might as well use it, then, and get your money's worth.

 

[Revoltingest]

Wrong. Altering how one energy source is paid for alters people's choices and behaviour. That's the - rather elementary - point. By partial funding via taxes, you pay for a portion of it whether you use it or not. So you might as well use it, then, and get your money's worth.

I don't see how you're disagreeing with him.

The funding is simply transferred partially
from the poor to the wealthy & to business.
I wonder how much government gives itself
a subsidy in this fee structure?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Wrong. Altering how one energy source is paid for alters people's choices and behaviour. That's the - rather elementary - point. By partial funding via taxes, you pay for a portion of it whether you use it or not. So you might as well use it, then, and get your money's worth.

Bs. Its cronyism and profiteering.

 

[exchemist]

Bs. Its cronyism and profiteering.

Profiteering how and by whom? And what's your evidence for the accusation?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Profiteering how and by whom? And what's your evidence for the accusation?

Pretending your plain dumb again I see. You like using that idiotic tactic in volume.

I'll even use a libertarian source for ya being your so poorly uneducated on this.. .

https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/cronyism-toxic-friendship-between-business-government

As for the rest...

78 members of Congress have violated a law designed to prevent insider trading and stop conflicts-of-interest

Insider has identified numerous members of Congress who have violated the STOCK Act. Congress is now considering banning lawmakers from trading stocks.

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Speaker Pelosi Accused of Profit in Crony Capitalism Era

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Ole Nancy was the poster elite for all Democrats to follow. My special mention.

 

[Shaul]

The uniparty kleptocracy of Kalifornia stirkes again. As if people weren't fleeing the state fast enough. A pox upon the scoundrels who hold power in Sacramento. May their houses bear the weight of their ruinous policies and may the public be freed from them.

 

[Watchmen]

Is this real?
Is reporting accurate?
I find it hard to believe that many people would pay
for electricity based upon their income, rather than
how much they use. This would discourage
conservation.
So assuming CA legislators aren't that irresponsible,
what am I missing?

California power companies roll out fixed-rate bill proposal

Editor’s Note: this article has been updated to include additional billing details. If you earn more, you pay more. That’s the basic idea behind sweeping changes proposed by California’s three larg…

ktla.com

State utility bills may see a change with a fixed-rate based on income

A new state law requires utility companies in California to come up with a fixed-rate plan to help stabilize rates and make bills more affordable.

www.cbsnews.com

Don’t think you’re missing anything. The state legislature told the companies to come up with fixed rate bills to make things simpler for the idiot consumers (who aren’t really idiots, Dems just treat them that way). The three big power companies’ proposal is fixed rates based on income. The state will probably make a decision the middle of next year. Time will tell.

 

[Revoltingest]

Don’t think you’re missing anything. The state legislature told the companies to come up with fixed rate bills to make things simpler for the idiot consumers (who aren’t really idiots, Dems just treat them that way). The three big power companies’ proposal is fixed rates based on income. The state will probably make a decision the middle of next year. Time will tell.

Good.
I need supervision often.

 

[Revoltingest]

Pretending your plain dumb again I see.

It's a good question.
Smart people saw that.