Electric vehicle mandate in California

time2roll wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

time2roll wrote:
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.

That is not how it works. Do you think that the utilities companies will upgrade thousands of miles of underground lines without increasing rates on everyone?

Even PG&E is requesting rate increases for the next few years due to their expenses.....
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) GRC Proceedings (Phase I)

The more expenses a utility company insures, the more rates have to go up to cover said expenses. They don't just do it for free. Also, utility companies charge more for peak hours and if the 50% market of BEV charge at night making that time peak hours as well, then everyone's rate per kw per hour will go up even if they do not use more energy than before. So energy cost will go up as the BEV market share increases. That is inevitable unless the utility companies feel like giving out free stuff out of the kindness of their heart.

Lastly, most people in poverty are driving 30 year old cars that cost less than $5k. It was take A LOT of gas to make it to what what a $30k plus BEV would cost them.

So if we install solar and use less electricity the rates go up. If we charge our electric vehicles and use more electricity the rates go up. Pick your poison, rates are going up either way.

I believe you can get a used EV at a very good value these days.