This is exactly why the rats from Davis on down wanted and still want to run our public utilities. Then they can loot the proceeds, charge what they want to charge to whom.
To 'Rat politicians, the gross margins on utilities become simply another "revenue stream". Like taxes...
Our utility bills have so many of these stream taxes attached that it is joke. About 40% of our basic monthly phone bill is some type of socialist scam/fee/tax/revenue drain. We have all types of sur charges on our PG&E bill.