Utility companies, unlike everyone else in California, are computing life cycle costs.
Plus they’ve had many of the most corrupt politicians and “regulators” anywhere. Not just D’s either
"California is doing all it can to expand renewable energy production and rebuild its electrical infrastructure after flaws led to a series of devastating wildfires."
One critique that I've seen about California devastating wildfires is the following allegation.
Mother Jones says we know how to prevent forest fires from spreading, but the people who run California have chosen to do the exact opposite. (7.27.24)
Also, let's not allow the anti-Trump media try to fade our memories of what we witnessed on July 13.
Down the Memory Hole: Google Hides Autocomplete Suggestions Related to Trump Assassination Attempt (7.28.24)
I had a chat with a lady a few months ago who is an expert on all things grid. She told me that once you reach a certain percentage of “green” electricity in a given region, the grid becomes unstable. I think it was around 20%.
When Ilived there and ran my biz it was dirt cheap. The Sierra Nevada reservoirs provided cheap power the entire Central Valley. Where I grew up we had geothermal. Now.... failed subsidized expensive garbage.
Beverly Hills is Trump country.
It is only going to get worse.
Price in Germany currently is 39 cents per kWh
UK 27 cents
CA average is also 27 cents, so the Germany example shows it iwll go a lot higher.
utilities have a shortage of battery storage to store the more than adequate solar generation.
So the utilities have passed that responsibility onto business and homeowners. All new residential construction requires solar installations. Under NEM 3, the rates the utility companies reimburse for exported wattage are drastically reduced AND can change by the hour:
“Solar systems under NEM 3.0 billing will earn, on average, 75% less for the excess electricity they push onto the grid...Under NEM 2.0, the value of solar exports is based on retail rates, so a kWh of electricity pushed onto the grid was worth the same as a kWh of electricity pulled off the grid. Under NEM 3.0, residential solar export rates will be based on an “Avoided Cost Calculator” and are closer to wholesale rates for electricity (what utilities pay for electricity).”
https://www.solar.com/learn/nem-3-0-proposal-and-impacts-for-california-homeowners/
if that’s not switch and bait enough, all new solar for businesses (and eventually for homes) will require on-site battery storage. This adds a cost of $6k-$30k (or more), depending on how many battery units one needs to power 100% of usage. On the downside, having a onsite battery or bank of batteries may likely affect your fire insurance policy, and, at end-of-lifecycle you’ll be hit with disposal costs:
“Known as the 2022 Energy Code, this will require all single-family homes to be electric-ready. It will also include guidance for installing battery storage systems. The battery portion of the mandate currently only applies to select businesses, but it’s a good indication of where future code updates are headed.”
https://simplysolar.com/blog/california-solar-mandates/
How much do solar batteries cost?
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/solar-energy/how-much-do-solar-batteries-cost.html
Socialists Impose Shortages = Inflation
Here in my "low income" densely populated, Democrat voting NE city, rent for a small 3BR apt, with no parking and small yard, and neighbors a few feet away, is typically around $2500 a month, or more, even if the building is in need of repair, and with one of the highest electricity rates.
But we are blessed (and pay about half the above rent), as the best place to work is where God put you to do His work, which needs Him.
Democrats. Are. Evil. Morons. And. Morons. Vote. For. Them.
All the power companies in California instituted what they call “Time of Use” billing and forced everyone in to it, you can opt out, at least it was easy to go back to “Standard Billing” when it started, It’s a lot harder now because saving the planet costs money and they strongly discourage yo from switching back. I get regular emails letting me know that “time of Use” is much better and I should switch back...
People on Time of use billing are paying at least 3 times that of Standard billing customers for their electricity.
California is doing all it can to expand renewable energy production....
That is a lie
They just put solar companies out of business in the last year in the state of Kommiepornia