Cali is smart with that pricing strategy and my "COOP" utility is dumb as ****.
You see, with MY utility the
less you use, the
more they charge per kwh.
And they have the audacity to send out a newsletter every month extolling the virtues of conservation.
My monthly fees, taxes, and other miscellaneous **** on the bill are more than the cost of the electricity I use!
Where's the incentive to conserve, when I can double my usage and only pay a little bit more?
Even worse, there are several price break points where, if usage is increased enough, you get a reduced cost per kwh. Use even more and pay less!
I wintered in Cali last year and spoke to PG&E reps at a bidness fair. I praised them on the correctness of their system vs the asinineness of the midwest's.
Jim, perhaps you should go through your house and ask yourself why you are using so much power instead of biatching about it.