Re:California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045
by amluto on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:17PM
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I don’t really see how California could practically kick out PG&E’s monopoly. There won’t magically be a bunch of competitors that string is their own power lines. CA could potentially take over entirely and run its own system, which might not be totally crazy. Some cities (e.g. Palo Alto and Los Angeles) already do this.
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Re:California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045
by tathougies on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:18PM
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The legislature directly controls PG&E's pricing. They can legislate it out of the market, or at least legislate out this particular pricing snafu.
Re:California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045
by tedsanders on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:40PM
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The legislature does not control PG&E's pricing.
Periodically, PG&E submits rate cases to the CPUC. The outcomes of these rate case submissions dictate what PG&E is allowed to charge customers.
The CPUC is a quasi-executive agency established by the state constitution:
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Public_Utilities_Commissi...