Hey all, I hope you’ll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think! Here’s how it starts:
>Confronting the climate crisis won’t be cheap. California is trying to figure out who will pay.
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>Under a series of proposals being considered by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees to the Public Utilities Commission, the wealthy would be forced to cough up, in the form of flat fees on their monthly electric bills. But so would middle-class families.
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>The debate has raised difficult questions of socioeconomic justice and climate progress — and prompted a group of Democratic lawmakers to try to repeal a monthly fee requirement they approved less than two years ago.
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>The details are complicated. I’ll do my best to explain the competing arguments.
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>But the result needs to be wealthier Californians paying more for power.
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>“Electricity rates are rising for everyone,” said Alexis Sutterman, a staffer at the California Environmental Justice Alliance. “But it’s especially burdening those who already pay a disproportionate amount of their income on their utility bills.”
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>With bills continuing to rise, “we want to make sure there are protections in place for low-income customers,” she said.
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Hey all, I hope you’ll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think! Here’s how it starts:
>Confronting the climate crisis won’t be cheap. California is trying to figure out who will pay.
>
>Under a series of proposals being considered by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees to the Public Utilities Commission, the wealthy would be forced to cough up, in the form of flat fees on their monthly electric bills. But so would middle-class families.
>
>The debate has raised difficult questions of socioeconomic justice and climate progress — and prompted a group of Democratic lawmakers to try to repeal a monthly fee requirement they approved less than two years ago.
>
>The details are complicated. I’ll do my best to explain the competing arguments.
>
>But the result needs to be wealthier Californians paying more for power.
>
>“Electricity rates are rising for everyone,” said Alexis Sutterman, a staffer at the California Environmental Justice Alliance. “But it’s especially burdening those who already pay a disproportionate amount of their income on their utility bills.”
>
>With bills continuing to rise, “we want to make sure there are protections in place for low-income customers,” she said.
You can sign up to get my twice-weekly Boiling Point columns and news roundups in your inbox here: [latimes.com/boilingpoint](https://latimes.com/boilingpoint)