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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by youarentrightjr on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:57PM (#46359619)
> The median bill is estimated to be $135 – $165/month

I have a hard time believing this; in the Bay Area, the privilege of simply having a 200A connection is $130/month.

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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by verteu on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:22PM (#46359868)
FWIW, one source is https://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/tabl...
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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by labcomputer on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:32PM (#46359964)
That includes government-run utilities, like LADWP, Silicon Valley Power, and SMUD, which have much lower rates than private utilities (And, no, the rate difference is not made up by taxpayer subsidies. They’re just run more efficiently).
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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by stahtops on Monday December 22, 2025 @06:12PM (#46360356)
Where? My minimum delivery charge is $0.41 a day.
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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by amluto on Monday December 22, 2025 @08:57PM (#46361562)
Excuse me? This is the basic rate:

https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/tariffbook/ELEC_SCHED...

You pay $0.40317/day for the connection but you get back $58.23 twice per year. That’s $30.70 per year.

It’s the price of the electricity that’s ridiculous in PG&E territory, not the price of the connection.

Note that many commercial users have a very different structure and pay monthly for their peak usage, measured over a 15 minute interval, and separately for their actual energy usage. So if you get a commercial 200A connection, max it out for 15 minutes, and then leave it idle for the rest of the month, you may pay something silly.

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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @03:21AM (#46363481)
> I have a hard time believing this; in the Bay Area, the privilege of simply having a 200A connection is $130/month.

I have a hard time believing that; that's not how PUC-regulated electric rates work in California (neither the old system nor the new system has a panel capacity component.)

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Re:State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angeri... by kelnos on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @03:17PM (#46369030)
Do many people in the bay area have 200A service? In the past 21 years, everywhere I've lived here was 100A.
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