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All customer bills will also include a reduced usage rate to cover the costs of each unit of electricity, but according to a CPUC fact sheet, the new structure doesn’t introduce any new fees, “it simply reallocates how existing costs are shared among customers.” Commissioner John Reynolds said he wanted to respond directly to some of the discourse around the decision, saying the idea that this will “undermine the motivation to conserve is quite frankly, laughable.”
"This should have had a discussion in both houses, a thorough and robust discussion,” she said. “Policy decisions should not be made at the PUC, they should be made by the legislative body.”
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