Winter storms in California knocked out power for more than 890,000 customers on Sunday—with more than half a million still without electricity on Monday. There are still about 140,000 without power today on Tuesday.
As of January 2024, the average monthly electric bill in California is $190–$210, which is a 20% increase from 2023. The average residential electricity rate in California is around 30–32 cents per kWh, and residential customers use about 756 kWh per month.
Northern California Utility With at Least Two Movies About Them Killing People
PGE is the northern California Utility that poisoned the town of Hinkley and hid their responsibility and then their faulty equipment caused a fire that killed 85 people and destroyed the entire town of Paradise.
The non-movie response is to leave them in charge and give them huge annual rate increases.
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