[pengaru]

What business does the power company have knowing my income level? I already get offers to sign up for substantial low-income discounts from SCE, and it never strikes me as a good idea to pursue despite likely qualifying on my long sabbatical style stints of self-employment. My usage is so low in general it's just not an optimization worth further compromising my privacy for.

Furthermore why would we want to disconnect cost from utilization? This seems ridiculous on the face of it, and the rates they're describing for the high-earners strike me as low compared to how wasteful such households tend to be.

Am I missing something? Is some millionaire with an electric heated outdoor pool going to be paying $92/mo in this scheme? That's madness and incentivizing the wrong things entirely.

Or are those figures listed just averages expected under the new scheme, but still scaled by utilization?

Also what happens if you refuse to provide proof of income level under this scheme? Does it just default to the highest bracket? Many actual low-income folks won't be filing paperwork proving their taxed income level with the power company, will this just fuck them over by treating them as high earners?

[prepend]

It’s not just income but all residents too. Will everyone’s grandma be on the power bill? What is there are two earners filing separately? Or four roommates?