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4. The Insurance Commisioner and the Public Utilities Commision are rubber-stamping corporate "requests"
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 09:17 AM
Aug 2024

IMNSHO

You don't transition from gas to electricity by doubling electric rates, nor increase housing by raising insurance rates on homes outside the major cities, which are full up.

A lot of fires are caused by faulty electrical lines and by arsonists. We find out years after the fact.

There needs to be a safety net. As a retiree, my electric bills used to be around $35 outside of summer. The highest so far this year was around $400. And I keep my home around 84 in summer, not 78.

I cleared about 5 acres of scrub near the home, but nobody looks. Not even CalFire. They have inspected maybe twice in 10 years.

Sucks not to be on a state commision. They go "green" in a big way, but I can't prove it.

Grandparents had a saying: "Paga per morta", Pay till you die.

The rich need their yachts repainted.

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