waitingforaleaf
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oakwcj said:Eight pages of obfuscation and PG&E still doesn't provide data comparing their proposal to E-1. The response simply speculates that EV owners who aren't on E-9 now might switch once the new rates take effect. The basic tone of the response is that EV owners are a bunch of spoiled, rich, coastal dwellers, and that no matter how high they jack up the rates, they will still be cheaper than gasoline.
Just looked over PG&E's reply to our protests and came to the same overall conclusion.
Apparently, PG&E considers 10 kwh to be equivalent to a gallon of gasoline ("4 cents per kWh, which provide the ability to charge at the equivalent of about 40 cents per gallon of gasoline"). Last I checked, the Leaf was supposed to be a 99 mpge car not a 45 mpge one (currently I average 4.5 mi/kwh). In any case, I certainly didn't appreciate the consistent use of that "miscalculation" as their standard for comparing charging costs to the cost of gasoline.
I also noticed that they continually argue that the off-peak charging rate is far below cost, but they never address the corresponding price increases that impact partial-peak and peak electricity rates. This is further exacerbated by their justification of peak rates throughout the year because of all the coastal customers they have that are purchasing electric vehicles.
In any case, I've run the math for my numbers comparing prices on E-9A (current), E-9A (proposed), and E-1 for the past two SUMMER months and averaged them:
E-9A (current) = $41
E-9A (proposed) = $77
E-1 = $49
Simulating this usage with the rate estimator, E-6 looks to be around $52.
If the proposed E-9A rate gets passed, you'll know which rate I'll be switching to... (as I'm sure PG&E has already assumed)
mxp said:What's the latest update here wrt the rate hike? Did our protest emails got anywhere? Did the CPUC vote on a decision?
I haven't received any email nor mail from PGE yet.
Thanks.
The Advice Letter was suspended on October 7, 2011 based upon the need for staff review by the CPUC. The suspension end date is February 12, 2012, and the projected date of disposition date is June 2, 2012. So it's a matter of wait and see I suppose, unless anyone knows if you can actually reply to this "reply to protests."