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CA electricity w PGE is more expensive than electricity in Guam (fedia.io)

submitted 5 months ago by Hello_there@fedia.io to c/california@lemmy.world

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My friend lives in Guam. Their electric price is around 0.27 per kWh. I'm getting 0.46 - 0.50 per kWh with PGE.
How is it cheaper to send refined oil by tanker to a tiny island in the Pacific than it is to get electricity in a state with massive solar, wind installs and multiple refineries?
I'm guessing public ownership of the Guam utility is part of the answer.

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[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

PG&E is evil. I can't believe the state did absolutely nothing after they pretty much burnt half of butte county to a crisp, was a good opportunity for the state to take control of them.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And San Diego with SDGE is even higher. It’s time to take back control.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are there any nonprofits working towards that? I'm seriously willing to drop some money to try to get them out of limit their power.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Some friends and I got several hundred signatures in contribution to a larger petition for the SD county to take over SDGE

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago

I heard about that. Though I think first steps are to kneecap sdge's profitability through other measures so that a takeover is actually reasonable.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

PG&E is terrible. It is nuts how they have come after solar here. Solar was the only thing that gave me relief from their price gouging.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where the hell in CA do you live? I'm only paying 0.34/kWh at peak times (5-8 pm) and sub 20 cents the rest of the day.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How many times has Guam burned down cities with their electricity tho

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of Guam turning suburbs into hellscapes with faulty gas lines either

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Fuck it's been that long since san bruno it faded into the noise of their other crimes.