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what an accomplishment. 600 miles buried reduced fire risk by 98%??? What BS. I think they meant electrical lines not pipeline "In addition to those words, Poppe launched an Undergrounding Program in June of 2021 with an ambitious goal of burying 10,000 miles of pipeline. To date, 600 miles...

this article makes me sick " I met some of Poppe’s team and was struck not just by their commitment but their passion for the larger public good" https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergeorgescu/2024/05/31/pge-rose-like-a-phoenix/?sh=3cc739766273

What is this opinion? Written by Vitaly Tyurin, director of customer generation and storage, PG&E https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/solar-crime-oakland-california-19484564.php

the next target is Community Solar https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/california-pge-community-solar-19468490.php

So this does not take affect until 2026. How many rate increases until then?

So will this be the end of CCAs? I mentioned that earlier. Will the fixed fee will be passed to CCA customers as well. If PG&E rates come down 5 to 7 cents thats about all the difference most CCAs are. If fixed fee does not get passed on then they are OK

for got to put in a link https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/05/californians-electricity-rates/

They did it. The CPUC voted in the Fixed monthly fee. Now lets see if the rates come down. So now we have a $24/mo fee. What happens to the NBCs?

I will be shocked if they actually reduce the kWh rates. They will say somthing like we were due for another rate increase, but in light of the fixed fee charges, we will keep rates the same.

What? Not much detail in this article, but who is betting that per kWh rates go down when the fixed fee is implemented? https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/pge-fee-nurses-gaza-stanford-19429480.php

You could manually adjust the Peak Time to be only that 2 hour period and make everything else Off Peak

CA Supreme Court to hear case https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2024-04-15/california-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-seeking-to-overturn-new-rooftop-solar-rules

I don't see how CCA customers would escape the $24 fee. CCAs pass on all Distribution charges from the utilties. The CCA can only control the generation charges

so no one else thinks this kills CCAs

So how does this impact CCAs? I'm betting the $24 fee gets passed onto CCA customers. Then PG&E lowers the per kWh rate by $.05 to $.07, that minimizes the CCA advantage on generation rates.

is this back on the table" https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/03/27/californians-could-see-up-to-128-fixed-charge-added-to-their-monthly-electric-bill/

The Goveernor gets to hold secret meetings with PG&E??

what did you think about that 9 year growth graph that ends in 2023? Did not make sense to me as I know 2023 did not double from 2022

wasn't behind a paywall for me. They are saying demand doubles driven largely by Data Centers. What I don't get is that there is a "9 year growth" chart, but it starts in 2017 and ends in 2023 and shows demand in 2023 double that of 2022. I don't think they have the numbers correct...

yeah. that's nothing

The strange thing is that overall US electric consumption has remained relatively flat unless that has changed recently

CPUC just approved new PG&E rate increase after record profits! PG&E should not make any profit until there deferred maintenance items are completed

but what is their output?

I think most residential housing areas would not allow big wind turbines. Where do you get water for hydro unless you are by a river and then its probably illegal to do that. In any case, I still think you need a generator

I just did the calcs. Using my Tier 2 gas cost of $2.6/therm, I get from $.43/kWh to $.57/kWh for a 21 kW NG generator. Efficiency depends on load. Its less efficient at lower loads and the $.57 was at 50% load. Is there a Tier 3 and higher rate?

There has been discussion in this thread about the legality of disconnecting from the grid. I guess Title 24 has no been updated so that you can legally disconnect from the grid now. However, I would think that you would need a generator as well as batteries unless you had a massive battery...

yeah - I had looked up their salaries on that site. Thats why I wanted to know if they are full time

Are the CPUC Commissioners full-time employees? Or is this a part-time gig?

message on my PG&E account site. Why would they estimate usage if power is out? STORM BILLING: During power outages, your usage will show as estimated. You will not be billed for the time your power was off.

now we will seee how powerful the Utility lobby is

good point. The cell service is just for backup?

Notice from Solaredge. Has anyone changed out the modem yourself? Solaredge will provide new modem for free Your system includes a built-in 12-year cellular data plan, that connects to a 2G network. This allows your system to communicate between your system, your installer, and the SolarEdge...

Also, if they are large NG Plants, its not that easy to turn them off and start them back up. Takes many hours. Peaker Plants can be turned off/on, but I'm not sure CA has many of those. I could be wrong

In my area, a tree supposedly took out 3 Power poles. I saw them replacing them but how does a tree hitting power lines pull down 3 poles? I lucked out and only lost power for 2 hours. The rest of my street has been without power for 3 days and ETA for back is Thursday

PGE just updated the date for restore. It is now 2/8 at 10pm. That's over 4 days. Glad I am just outside the outage. My neighbors starting 2 lots down all the way to the other end of the street are without power. I think only 1 has a generator

we lucked out. Lost power for 2 hours, but rest of my street is still down. I'm still getting the PG&E alerts and they are saying estimated time to get it back is 2pm tomorrow. That would be a 48 hour outage. When power was out for me, the PWs estimated I had 24 hour supply which woulld have...

grid back up now. Off for 2 hours

activated yesterday due to high wnd warning. Was still on this morning and then we had an outage. PWs came on and sun came out for a while. Solar is toggling off/on as PWs drop below 97% and then recharge

We are having very high winds which triggered the SW. Looks like a tree hit some power lines on nearby street. Outage is impacting less than 100 people or so PG&E says

my SW was still on and we just lost power in El Dorado Hills area

just got this email from PG&E. What is this about? I thought NEM2 was already dead to new solar installs Join us for a virtual webinar and Q&A where PG&E’s Interconnection and Distributed Generation experts will: Provide an update on the Net Energy Metering 2 Aggregation (NEM2A) and Net...

what is E-ELEC?

ok, I was skeptical, but just did a high level calc using my own production over the last year. I have my monthly production and got my monthly excess from my B&W bill. From this I can calc my monthly solar usage. Using TOU-D rates (did not realize Off Peak is now $.45/kWh and $.46/kWh in the...

the best stereo I had was in one of my cars. My Acura RLX had a Krell system. Amps and Speakers were Krell and they designed the sound stage. Not sure what the head unit was, but it could play DVD-A DTS 6.1. Not many DVD-As made, but the sound was awesome through the Krell speakers. I used...

I'm talking about pay back with NEM3. I cannot see how adding batteries will decrease the payback. I get it that batteries help, but they are expensive. I'm on NEM2 and my solar paidback in 5 years. I added batteries (4 years ago), but I won't see a payback on those for a long time...

what? Faster payoff with batteries? Would like to see that math. Batteries double the price. A 6 to 8 year pay off is a pipe dream And as their use of power from the grid declines and they get paid for excess power, customers generally expect to have their new solar system paid off in six...

huge decline in new solar https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/01/california-solar-demand-plummets/

I've charged at this EA multiple times. After the fire, they shut all the chargers down for about a year. I think they are reopened now. I've seen other reportss of fires at EA stations...

what speakers?

Good analysis and good point, but I think NEM3 is having a big negative impact and the results may not have been seen yet. I'd like to hear from someone that is on NEM3 and what their savings actually is