The Blubber

Per Fox LA

Three of the largest power companies in California have worked together to submit a joint proposal regarding how they would charge income-based fees for electricity. This comes as Californias are expecting how their electricity bill is charged to change by 2025.

Southern California Edison communications professional Kathleen Dunleavy shared a statement regarding what users can expect from the state's recent request regarding a change in how electricity is to be charged.

Dunleavy: "You're going to see that this amount is going to maintain the infrastructure and how my electricity ism provided and then this amount represents how much I'm using which is actually going to go down 33%,"

Assembly Bill 205 was approved in 2022, and it would see customers receive rate relief and break customers' bills. Edison also released a statement detailing how 1.2 million people could receive a bill reduction.

Edison: "Under the proposal, SCE’s approximately 1.2 million lower-income customers would receive an average 16%-21% bill reduction... Rates for each unit of electricity consumed (kilowatt-hours) would decrease by about 33% for all residential customers,"

Edison also gave a proposed rate restructure for customers depending on income.

• Those earning over $180,000 would be charged $85/month
• Those earning from $69,000 - $180,000 would be charged $51/month
• Those earning from $28,000 - $69,000 would be charged $20/month
• Those earning less than $28,000 would be charged $15/month

In September 2022, California decided to move to ban natural gas furnaces and heaters by 2023. This comes as the state aims to become the first to phase out fossil-fueled furnaces and water heaters.

Before that, in August 2022, California also shared its plans to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. The rule was called California Air Resources Board, and it would require that 100% of new cars sold in the state by 2035 be free of fossil fuel emissions.

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Other News:

• California moves to ban natural gas furnaces and heaters by 2030
• California to ban gas cars in 2035

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