{"id":11037,"date":"2024-03-28T15:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11037"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:12:07","slug":"cpuc-follows-senate-republicans-recommendation-scraps-income-based-utility-bill-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11037","title":{"rendered":"CPUC follows Senate Republicans\u2019 recommendation, scraps income-based utility bill scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, CA\u00a0\u2013 After immense pressure from\u00a0California Senate Republicans<\/a>, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has finally listened and is scrapping the income-based utility bill scheme proposed by California\u2019s largest utilities, which came to fruition as a result of\u00a0Assembly Bill 205 (2022<\/a>).\u00a0The non-elective commission released a flat fixed rate proposal, with reduced charges for low-income customers, and is expected to vote on it on May 9, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m cautiously optimistic to see that CPUC’s preliminary decision on a new fixed-rate plan for electrical billing includes a flat rate rather than one of the ludicrous income-based charges that had been proposed,\u201d\u00a0said Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego). \u201cI’m looking deeper into the proposal and studying how it will affect my constituents and ratepayers across the state. Still, I hope this may be a compromise Californians can live with.\u00a0At the same time, I anticipate that electricity rates will continue to be a huge affordability issue in California, even under this new flat rate proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

“As vice chair of the Senate Energy, Utility and Communications Committee, l have strongly advocated for affordable and reliable energy for Californians, but the majority party\u2019s misguided approach has been driving up the rates for years,\u201d\u00a0said Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber).\u00a0\u201cThis income-based utility scheme was another disastrous measure. I appreciate the CPUC heeding Republicans\u2019 advice to pause this nonsensical bill, and I will continue to work tirelessly with my colleagues to make energy reform a reality in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPUC\u2019s fixed rate proposal has a 20-day comment period and is eligible for a vote at the next CPUC public meeting on May 9, 2024.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/p>\n

California Senate Republicans have been leading the fight against the income-based electricity charge after Capitol Democrats rammed it through budget trailer bill AB 205 in 2022. In 2023, and as recent as January 2024, Senate Democrats thwarted Senate Republicans\u2019 efforts to provide Californians a lifeline by repealing AB 205. Additionally, this year, Senate Minority Leader Jones and the entire Senate Republican Caucus\u00a0introduced SB 1326<\/a>\u00a0to repeal the income-based fixed charge mandated by AB 205. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about the caucus\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, CA\u00a0\u2013 After immense pressure from\u00a0California Senate Republicans, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has finally listened and is scrapping the income-based utility bill scheme proposed by California\u2019s largest utilities, which came to fruition as a result of\u00a0Assembly Bill 205 (2022).\u00a0The non-elective commission released a flat fixed rate proposal, with reduced charges for low-income customers,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"\nCPUC follows Senate Republicans\u2019 recommendation, scraps income-based utility bill scheme - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11037\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPUC follows Senate Republicans\u2019 recommendation, scraps income-based utility bill scheme - 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