SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On May 9 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ended guidelines requiring California residents to pay new month-to-month mounted prices on their electrical energy payments. Households eligible for the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) and Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) applications will see $6 and $12 month-to-month payments, respectively, whereas all different clients pays $24.15 monthly. .
The following is a press release from Stephanie Doyle, California state affairs director for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA):
“While the ultimate payments are decrease than what the investor-owned utilities wished, these are nonetheless new prices that may come out of the pockets of California households who already battle with the state’s excessive value of residing . Any future modifications to mounted charges ought to totally think about the influence of photo voltaic adoption and storage and electrification measures which might be crucial to assembly the state’s local weather objectives. It is evident that there are higher methods to cut back California’s extraordinarily excessive utility charges and encourage electrification, and SEIA will proceed to push for such insurance policies sooner or later.
Press launch from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
