A2301008 - Public Comments

Please do not allow this proposed change to increase the “extended super off peak period” to year round. This proposed change will only reduce the bill of a non-solar customers and minimally at that. For solar customers such as myself, this will drastically increase our electric bills. The vast majority of energy produced by solar systems occurs between the proposed super off-peak period of 10am-2pm. The result is SDGE having to pay out for excess energy produced during this period at significantly lower super off-peak rates as compared to the off peak rates they currently have to pay out at for Net Energy Metering customers. This is a money grab for SDGE and nothing more. This proposal will have many believing they are paying less for electricity during this period which will actually increase usage which goes against the ideological reduction of energy and California’s goal of reducing global warming. It also greatly reduces the incentive for residents to “go solar” secondary to the decrease in fiscal return to the customer, again going directly against California’s push to “go solar”. For the month of March alone, for which the extended super off-peak hours are already in place, my electric bill was $109 more than it would have been had the extended hours not have been in place. In January my bill would have been $105 more and February $80 higher, and the effect will be dramatically greater during the summer months when the difference between TOU off-peak and super off-peak rates, 0.30¢ summer vs 0.28¢ winter, is even greater. This proposed change will increase my annual solar bill by at least $1200, and the other 700,000 solar SDGE customers will likely see similar average increases. SDGE has never acted altruistically to save customers money and they aren’t attempting to do that here either. If that were their goal then they could exclude solar plans from the proposed change.

Hello everyone, if you want to stop the SDG&E fixed-rate fee proposal based on income, we all need to write to our state senators and assembly members. Here is a letter I just wrote: the SDG&E fixed-rate fee proposal based on income is fundamentally against what we do as Californians. It is unfair to middle-income families. The SDG&E income based fixed-rate fee proposal discriminates against people who conserve energy. It punishes households that invested in solar. The income based fixed rate proposal is also an invasion of privacy and creates opportunities for fraud. The proposal is based on the new state law (AB 205) requiring implement income-based billing. The new state law (AB 205) requiring implement income-based billing has fundamental fault. It allows the unfair proposal from the SDG&E to be moved forward. I ask you to work with the governor and your colleagues to repeal or substantially amend AB 205 to help resolve the issue for us. Thank you for looking after our environment and all people in San Diego.

No. There should not be a rate increase for ANY reason. I can barely afford my bills as it is. Why is it that consumers are expected to have emergency funds to cover unexpected expenses, but the government and corporations just pass their costs to the consumers? Absolutely not. Before I would ever agree to any increase I want to see the salaries/bonuses afforded you upper management. If your executives are getting high salaries and things like bonuses, etc., then none of you need a rate increase. Whether they are or not, NO to any rate increase!!!!! When I get screwed over financially, "it's the cost of doing business" or whatever other platitude people say. Same for corporations and the government. FRO!

No rate increase this year! We cannot afford increased rates of electricity. The cost of living in San Diego, CA is highest in the nation already. NO ON ALL RATE INCREASES!

The proposed rate structure is just a way to get low income people to pay the 1%'s costs. If someone uses 20 times more electricity than me, they should pay 20 times the fees. That won't happen with the proposed rates - the mega-users pay a trivial fee while taxing the grid and forcing the rest of us to maintain it for them. Where's the fourth tier - over $1 million annual income and you pay $1000/month and fifth tier - over $10 million and you pay $10,000/month? They're not here because the 1% send in big "campaign contributions." The proposed rates are just another way to force everyday Californians to pay the rich elite's bills.

This fixed price proposal totally flips the calculus on home solar systems. I'm part way into a long term contract with my solar provider and if this proposal goes through I'll be paying much more monthly than if I had never installed the system in the first place. Investing in solar should be encouraged. This feels like punishment. I sincerely hope it gets voted down.

There are already programs in place to reduce bills for low income customers. This entire income based fee structure is just another tax. Most folks in San Diego would be in the top 2 tiers, and of course SDGE tiers are far higher than pg&e or so cal Edison. Please stop the money grab.

If you want to stop the SDG&E income based fixed-rate fee proposal, please write comments at: apps.cpuc.ca.gov/c/r2207005 The SDG&E income based fixed-rate fee proposal is unfair for mid-income families and it punishes households that invested in solar. Currently, this SDG&E income based fixed-rate fee proposal is in a rulemaking: R.22-07-005. It is important we all speak out directly on that proceeding at: apps.cpuc.ca.gov/c/r2207005