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minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoRight. Here in California PG&E is ripping us off for electricity more and more every year. I am absolutely not going to trap myself into using only electricity, trapping me in their monopoly.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netcakeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoPG&E supplies both the gas and the electricity. California has expensive electricity because of a deal made decades ago to ensure utility profits stayed high as state-level efficiency mandates kicked in. I expect that deal to be revisited as we shift towards full electrification of space heating.
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI have tanks filled with kerosene and propane for my gas appliances. But for a lot of CA you’re right.
minus-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSocal gas is my gas provider and pge is my electricity provider
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netcakeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, some parts of southern California are like that; the rest of the state is all PG&E for both except a few municipal utilities
Right. Here in California PG&E is ripping us off for electricity more and more every year. I am absolutely not going to trap myself into using only electricity, trapping me in their monopoly.
PG&E supplies both the gas and the electricity.
California has expensive electricity because of a deal made decades ago to ensure utility profits stayed high as state-level efficiency mandates kicked in. I expect that deal to be revisited as we shift towards full electrification of space heating.
I have tanks filled with kerosene and propane for my gas appliances. But for a lot of CA you’re right.
Socal gas is my gas provider and pge is my electricity provider
Yeah, some parts of southern California are like that; the rest of the state is all PG&E for both except a few municipal utilities