To the editor: When will folks with larger incomes cease having to help these with decrease incomes in all places they flip? (“A brand new cost is coming to your electrical invoice. Will it make California charges extra inexpensive?” April 11)
Quickly, non-public utilities in California will cost prospects with bigger incomes the next fastened charge. So, a family with $28,000 in annual revenue would pay a $15 month-to-month charge to Southern California Edison, whereas one incomes $180,000 would pay $85. How is that affordable?
What proper does the electrical firm need to know our incomes? Higher revenue earners already pay extra in charges and taxes.
Sufficient, California — give up penalizing the center class (and sure, $180,000 is center class with this state’s price of residing).
Clark Woodford, Mission Viejo
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To the editor: It’s about time that California utilities cost a hard and fast month-to-month charge to cowl their fastened prices (poles, wires and different gear) and have the floating variable expenses cowl the price of the precise electrical energy used. That features utility prospects with photo voltaic panels paying their justifiable share to be related to the grid.
It’s like paying a canopy cost at a bar to pay the band, then paying to your drinks.
This fastened month-to-month cost must be “simply and affordable” and absolutely clear, primarily based on the precise price of the wires, poles and gear wanted to ship energy to our properties. Earnings-based expenses could possibly be topic to buyer software and verification as an alternative of placing the burden on utilities and the state to assessment each particular person buyer’s monetary scenario.
Bob Hoffman, Redondo Seaside
The author is an vitality advisor.
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To the editor: Scott Crider, a senior vp at San Diego Fuel & Electrical, says “this isn’t a charge enhance” when referring to the deliberate fastened expenses for California electrical payments.
I urge to vary. My annual electrical invoice is $75 as a result of my photo voltaic set up. The fastened cost for me could be $73 per thirty days, a rise of $801 per 12 months.
This fastened cost destroys the monetary good thing about utilizing solar energy.
Mark Chipman, San Diego
