SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Paying the electrical invoice is a year-round battle for many individuals in San Diego. However now, there’s a proposal on the state degree to drastically slash charges.
The California Public Utilities Fee is taking a look at a proposal to chop electrical energy charges for purchasers everywhere in the state.
The concept sounds good for purchasers in San Diego County who’ve seen their San Diego Fuel & Electrical payments skyrocket.
In keeping with the 265-page proposal, most California prospects would find yourself paying a flat cost of about $24, whereas their electrical energy charges could be minimize by 5 to seven cents per kilowatt hour.
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Low-income prospects would find yourself paying even much less. The utilization price would fluctuate all through the day to encourage conservation. The speed cuts would solely apply to residential prospects and it’s just for electrical energy, not gasoline.
In keeping with the proposal, the brand new billing construction extra evenly allocates mounted prices amongst prospects and can encourage prospects to undertake electrical autos and substitute gasoline home equipment with electrical home equipment as a result of it is going to be cheaper.
Reactions are blended.
Native State Senator Brian Jones says he’s cautiously optimistic, including he anticipates electrical energy charges will proceed to be an enormous affordability problem, even beneath the brand new flat-rate proposal.
Commissioners are anticipated to take up the problem at a gathering in Might.
If adopted, SDG&E would apply the modifications late subsequent 12 months.