{"id":2199925,"date":"2024-03-15T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-tax-the-rich-electricity-plan-could-increase-rates-for-those-making-28000\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:46:30","slug":"newsoms-tax-the-rich-electricity-plan-could-increase-rates-for-those-making-28000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-tax-the-rich-electricity-plan-could-increase-rates-for-those-making-28000\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Proposes Plan Potentially Raising Electricity Rates for Individuals Earning $28,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsoms-tax-the-rich-electricity-plan-could-increase-rates-for-those-making-28000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2199925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California&#8217;s Progressive Electricity Billing Proposal<\/h2>\n<p>Gone are the days \u2063when your electricity bill was purely based upon the kilowatt-hours consumed. <strong>California is on the brink of a \u200dradical shift<\/strong>, where your earnings could play a major role in \u2063determining your monthly energy costs.<\/p>\n<h3>The New Billing Blueprint<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals earning between <strong>$28,000 and $69,000<\/strong> may see an \u200cincrease of <strong>$20 to \u200d$34 monthly<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Those with incomes ranging\u200d from <strong>$69,000 to \u200b$180,000<\/strong> could face\u2062 a hike of <strong>$51 to $73 each month<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>High earners making over <strong>$180,000<\/strong> might incur a <strong>substantial $85 to $128 surcharge\u2063 monthly<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSince when\u2062 does CA residents making $28k \u2062annually qualify as\u200c \u201crich\u201d? Anytime a politician introduces a plan to \u201ctax\u2064 the rich,\u201d the\u2063 middle class and under always pay\u200d the price,\u201d Burton Brink, former Sergeant-LA \u200dCounty Sheriff\u2019s Dept, said on X.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200b <strong>California Public Utilities Commission<\/strong> is tasked with weaving this new rule\u2063 into the \u200ccurrent billing system by <strong>July 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Statewide First<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis would be the first state \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-equity-california-electricity-companies-propose-billing-based-on-income\/\" title=\"Energy 'Equity': California Electricity Companies Propose Billing Based on Income\">charge people based<\/a> on their income rather than what \u2062they actually just use,\u201d Shon Hiatt, \u2062director of the \u200bUSC Business of Energy Transition initiative, highlighted during his chat with Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>Californians are already shouldering high energy costs, with an average rate of <strong>32 cents per kilowatt-hour<\/strong> versus the nationwide \u200caverage of 18 cents.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe assumption is, \u2018Well, if you\u2019re making $100,000\u2064 in the state, you\u200d must be super-wealthy,&#8217;\u201d Hiatt questioned. \u201cBut what if you have five or\u200c six kids? Will they be\u2064 treated the same as a single \u2062head of household?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Concerns Over Privacy and \u200dPracticality<\/h3>\n<p>With \u2062the proposed changes, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-chinas-spy-balloon-biden-admin-tried-to-hide-it-from-public-report-reveals\/\" title=\"Biden administration concealed China's Spy Balloon, report discloses\">growing unease surrounding<\/a> not just the burden on lower to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">middle-income families<\/a> but\u200d also the <strong>flow of \u200bsensitive tax \u200binformation<\/strong>. Determining each\u200b Californian\u2019s income could become a battleground fraught with <strong>legal and privacy obstacles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt would be nearly impossible to \u200bimplement given the\u200d many legal\u200d and privacy challenges that there would undoubtedly be to accurately determine every\u2064 taxpayer in\u200d the state\u2019s\u2062 income,\u201d \u2062expressed Jacqui Irwin, a Democratic state representative. Initially pro the new law, she reversed her stance post-vote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Our constituents have had enough and so have we<\/strong>,&#8221; \u2062Irwin declared. She \u200dadvocates for reintroducing logic to California&#8217;s electricity pricing,\u200c especially when energy saving\u200d is crucial to dodge rolling blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of these upcoming changes, Californians could\u200c be facing an unexpected paradox: <strong>While crafted to promote equity, the new policy might just spike energy consumption<\/strong> rather than dampen it\u2063 &#8211; a scenario\u200b few saw coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmakers are overhauling home electricity billing, tying taxes to income levels. 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