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Re:States, including CA and NY, sign heat pump memorandum to... by Rebelgecko on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:22PM (#39291266)
I guess they fixed the glitch by moving to income based utility bills
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Re:States, including CA and NY, sign heat pump memorandum to... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:26PM (#39291335)
Which is simply a hidden tax hike, and a wild market distortion.
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Re:States, including CA and NY, sign heat pump memorandum to... by tomcar288 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @05:17PM (#39295051)
which is basically incetivizing even more electricity usage by subsidizing large electricity users and punishing electricity savers.

there's nothing more evil than forcing people to pay flat rate for services (electricity) that we should all be cutting back on, not using even more.

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Re:States, including CA and NY, sign heat pump memorandum to... by supertrope on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @11:11PM (#39298004)
The proposal is to set the fixed portion of the bill to vary with income. The usage portion is still billed per kWh.
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