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PGE rates in Northern California are nearing 30cent/KWh. Nearly 5x your rates.

Just to add: During certain hours of the day (2-6PM) in August heatwaves, spot prices to consumers can exceed $1/kWh in Southern California for SDGE.

Because everybody uses AC instead of painting their roofs white and maybe installung some rooftop solar before throwing AC at the problem.

As it turns out PG&E is also one of the most hostile utilities towards rooftop solar.