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SoCal Edison presents AB205 fixed-charge plan to Laguna Woods; residents worry about costs for seniors and solar owners
Summary
A Southern California Edison representative outlined a proposed residential fixed charge under AB205, saying the change would restructure bills to lower volumetric rates and help low-income customers; residents, including city leaders, raised affordability concerns for seniors and for households with rooftop solar.
Southern California Edison representative Kelly Lee presented the utility's response to Assembly Bill 205 and a proposal to make the residential "fixed charge" on electric bills clearer and more explicit.
Lee said the fixed charge is not a new fee but a restructuring of existing costs that are currently embedded in customers' bills. "It's just a restructuring of your existing bill," Lee said, adding that the change intends to lower volumetric (per-kilowatt-hour) rates for many customers and could reduce those charges by roughly 10—¢…
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