Electric vehicle mandate in California
California has a mandate for electric vehicles in the future. Just read with the extreme heat PG&E will have rolling blackouts because of power shortage. Noticed this in previous years as well. Do...
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ShinerBock wrote:Have installed in one rental so far. Tenant still drives big SUVs because there is NO mandate to buy zero emission vehicles.
In order for the apartment building to compete due to the mandate, they will have to put in chargers. Who will pay for the chargers? The renters which will mainly be high end renters who can afford it. In order to cope with the added energy needed, the underground wire going from the substation to these apartment building will have to be cut out and increased. Who will pay for that? All the people using the power so electric bills will increase. This has a chain effect on all businesses using utility and property values going up which will cause the general cost of living to go up for everyone due to a progressive mandate..
Waiting for an actual request on the others.
Already checked with the utility. Plenty of existing capacity. No upgrade needed.
Only the person that uses more electricity will pay higher cost. Rates stay the same. People will be saving money vs gasoline so cost of living will drop.
