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Dynamic Rates - Awaiting a Promise from 2001 California's ratepayers have paid $4.5 Billion for Smart Meters but we still don’t have dynamic rates

California promised dynamic rates back in 2001 but they are not yet widely available even after spending $4.5B of ratepayers money in Smart Meters. New legislation AB-1117 wants to change this

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... how to handle large hydroelectric resources after 2030. This impacted heavily a Publicly Owned Utility, that of the City of Palo Alto

AB-1273 is still mostly about avoid rate increases to be approved w/o proper discussion

AB-1273 passed SEUC 15/0/2

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Best practices for tracking changes to (energy-related) bills in the California Legislature: subscribe to the bills on leginfo, use Compare Versions, and read the bill analysis from the committees. A bill can change in any way at any time

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Today's change: AB-1273 now clarifies...

Your Electric Bill and Climate Credits Your Climate Credits will change

Money from California's Cap and Trade auctions are reimbursed to customers as Climate Credits. There are 3 bills in the legislature proposing changes to best benefit those customers that need the help the most

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The tariffs have 3 TOU bands: Peak, Partial Peak and OffPeak, with rates depending on max power

The electrical bill includes data on both consumption and maximum power in each interval so customer knows what's happening and can adjust.

It seems the transition could be improved. I know about Spain where Smart Meters became mandatory in 2018. There rates vary depending on the max power contracted. A household can change the contract online once a year - if the electrical setup allows. There may also be tariffs with different tiers

Thanks, Tom! I'll check them out later this afternoon.

Do you have a pointer to a discussion on why they are seen as unfair? They are used everywhere in Europe where the argument is "if you want a bigger pipe to your house, you pay more".

I did a quick check and it seems Australia has what is called here “demand charges”, I.e. per day charges based on maximum contracted power. So does Europe. The US only has it in a few utilities. I never understood why as it makes a lot of sense to me

California has plain connection charges

Californians are tired enough of high electricity rates that SB-332, an investigation on whether we can switch OUT of Investor-Owned Utilities, keeps moving through the legislature

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It will be *very interesting* if it ends at Newsom's desk

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I appreciate your efforts to get more unlocked participation. Keep at it.

Somehow I missed that California's AB-306 was subsumed into AB-130, which was approved and signed by our Governor on June 30th

AB-306 was a moratorium on housing code changes, and AB-130 is an omnibus bill to encourage housing

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A good, approachable, description of the financing issues behind our high rates. Here in California SB-254 is trying to fix several problems including financing and wildfire costs.

What city in the USA will be next to impose congestion pricing?

Hopefully most of them and they'll have EV discounts so that we can transition away from this subsidy model that is NOT working well enough. 🔌💡

Adding @californiapuc.bsky.social - Check out the (simple) CoPilot use. I bet you / somebody could build an interesting tool that would train on the dockets and would help you / anybody

This time I only uploaded the proposed decision. I'll try a more ambitious experiment the next time

Meter Socket Adapters and More - CPUC Decision June 12, 2025 And how to track and interpret a CPUC Voting Decision

CPUC approved last week a decision on R.19-01-011 regarding service line upsizing, including non-isolating MSA (meter socket adapters)

I just pushed out a note on the basics of a Voting Meeting and on how I used CoPilot to digest the decision

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Also a plain download of recording would help, so I can run a tool against it.

Perhaps borrow the structure of your sister organization, the @calenergy.bsky.social , their meeting tools are easier to use.

As they say, TIA...

... Ideally, also switch to Zoom for real time participation.

Your existing platform (Admin Monitor) is very old and clunky. I'm trying to report on your most voting meeting and a modern platform would help a lot.

@californiapuc.bsky.social I support your efforts to encourage public participation in CPUC proceedings. It would help *A LOT* if you switched to a modern participation platform. At the least provide recordings on YouTube -- that gives transcript automatically. Ideally... #energysky

This proceeding supports Meter Socket Adapters, Watt Diet and other measures to help electrify buildings

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Today we continued efforts toward meeting California's climate and equity goals by approving measures to accelerate the transition to all-electric buildings. Read more: docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDoc...

Very good. I am a fan of several of the proposals, including right-sizing panels and meter socket adapters

I applaud your use of BlueSky (and others) to advertise the proceedings. Keep working at it

I can't find a nice, single page, that has the material you just submitted. Does it exist?

Modern Residential Batteries - Summer 2025 Batteries, the core of the House Microgrid

If you are considering adding a residential battery, or just interested in the topic, I just published a note covering six vendors. pelegri.substack.com/p/modern-res...

I now see a battery system as the core of a house microgrid

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Extra points if you smiled when you noticed this is a JSF page and know why I mention it

Official title is California Electricity Modernization and Affordability Act

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This can be a big session for energy here in California. Another good bill is moving forward. Sen Beckers, Wahab et al) SB-254

If it passes the Assembly and its signed by Newsom it can deliver short-term, medium-term, and long-term affordability benefits

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More amendments to SB-540, the California bill creating an extended day ahead market (EDAM). Next is the Senate Floor. We need EDAM for affordability, resilience and renewables

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Earlier post
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Changes
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Memorial Day Update - Energy Bills in California 2025-2026 So many bills, so little time

I have an update to the post tracking energy bills in California. Some bills died in committees, some died the “suspense file” death, some were amended… Floor votes are ahead

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complaints in tracking property sales. Its going to be a nightmare for little, if any, gain for ratepayers. And having to deal with a lawsuit for breach of contract

AB-942 looks like it will pass Assembly. I hope Senate does better.

And focus on the real causes of high rates in CA, not scapegoats

... the CPUC will need to decide on validity of sales of properties with rooftop solar - AB-942 says at that point NEM changes to NBT

I'm just doing a pass through the ACTIVE CPUC Proceedings - www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/t... - I have no idea how the CPUC handles the load. Now add complaints on ...