In California, your power bill will depend on your income
washingtonpost.com
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>low-income customers could be as low as $15, and no greater than $30; moderate-income customers would pay about $51; and the highest fixed charge, for customers in the top 25% of earners, would be about $92.
What about homes that have multiple people? The owner could be low income, 15 bux a month, but have a family using hundreds. Seems like lots of ways to abuse, and really low fees. Interesting idea, but the tiers are so cheap, doesnt seem like putting in solar is cost effective. The highest tier is still incredibly cheap.
e.g. Fixed monthly delivery charge $xx
First 300 kWh $0.XXXXX/kWh
Next 500 kWh $0.YYYYY/kWh
Above 800 $0.ZZZZZ/kWh
Infrastructure replacement rider $7.21
Capital improvements fee $6.91
Regulatory recovery fee $2.21
Administrative fee $1.82
Such a scheme would be out of character for California. Maybe income-adjusted rebates for EVs (which would be partially accomplished by this regulation anyway) but it's hard to see them incentivizing anyone to buy gasoline.
Electricity service does include a fixed charge because whether you use -100 kWh or 2000 kWh there is still a distribution network that is built, upgraded, and has to be fixed when a storm comes through.