The economic case for a plug in hybrid is tenuous enough with the extra upfront cost of these vehicles. Basically there was no advantage, with average electricty costs.
Now, in CA with thier punish the rich electric pricing structure; you have to pay big to be green. Right.
Note: I was a PG&E customer for 20 years.
But we have hundreds of windmills, and you can use that electricity produced by the wind farms, of course you have to pay a small premium. As if they can tell which electrons in the grid come from the windmills.
People do actually pay the extra, because they think they are helping save the planet. I will be out of this state at last in the next 90 days.
It’s ironic that Jerry Brown had a chance for California to be a partner in the Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona when he was governor in the 70s. He didn’t want any part of nuclear power. He’s governor again and thanks to his policies, California doesn’t have enough generating capacity so CA buys power from PV. My brother works for Salt River Project at Palo Verde and says they charge California a pretty penny for the power. Imagine all of the jobs that could be created if we started building nuclear power plants, gasoline refineries, and started drilling for oil and natural gas here. Instead, our high energy costs have sent the manufacturing offshore. in 2012, we need to continually ask Obama “What happened to all of the “green” jobs you promised?”