We would prefer that they shut it down too!

Keep in mind that those are commercial rates, not residential rates. Residential rates are much lower.

Either way, the actual power charges are pretty low. The PG&E fuck-you charges are many times the electricity charges.

https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

It is only 3-4 items down on the front page...

++Insightful

It IS a question of accounting.

Do you count the massive expenditure of building/refitting manufacturing lines to produce EVs as a massive loss on the few thousand EVs produced thus far? Or do you look at it as a capitol investment and amortize it over decades of future production?

The article chooses to look at it as a single point in time "OMG THEY SPENT SOOO MUCH, AND (so far) MADE SO LITTLE" perspective.

It's not a lie, but it is misleading..

So? What's your point?

We seem to be ignoring the prime reproductive ages of 20s and 30s....

Flaw/design feature .... potato/potato

oops... math fail (well, copy/paste fail..)

17.240243 kWh average daily usage :)

There are 3 different rates daily: Peak ($0.18500), Off Peak ($0.09900), and Super Off Peak ($0.05200)... and this is a business, so usage is pretty evenly split between peak & off peak.

Total usage of 517.207300 kWh over 30 days for 17.243 kWh average daily usage (central California = no heating or cooling, but lots of lighting throughout the store)

This is not new territory.

It is just automatic speech to text. As long as it flags that the report contains or is based upon automated speech to text from body cam footage (which can be subpoenaed and reviewed and challenged in court) then it is all good.

The current reporting method is that after the fact the cops write down what they remember happening. That is pretty bad -but the best we had available before body cams.

Let me share actual numbers from my latest PG&E bill.

Note: this is from my business.
My home bill is not subject to the additional fees or delivery charges -residential users in my area are only billed for usage (the "Electric Generation Charge") per the deal with the local electric supplier (Central Coast Community Energy rents the lines from PG&E directly).

Electric Generation Charges : 62.95
PG&E Electric Delivery Charges : 157.44
Other Fees and Services : 152.74

PG&E is charging nearly 3x as much for delivering the power over their lines as the cost of the power itself...and another $150 in misc fees and services (whatever that means...)

The delivery fees are plenty fucking high enough.

So you are saying we could solve the whole fucking problem for a fraction of what Musk paid for Twitter.

Fuck Yea!

I have it on good authority that the President could just order Seal Team Six to assassinate them and face no consequences...

Any severance agreement beyond the most basic "we are paying you not to sue us for wrongful termination" should be met with a response of "Let me have my attorney look this over and get back to you." (whether you have a lawyer look it over or just take some time to read it before you sign it is not the point -asserting your rights is the point.)

If they try to pressure you int signing with a "the offer is only valid NOW" kind of a deal - DO NOT SIGN. It is a trap. You have the legal right to seek counsel from an attorney before signing a contract.

Before you start working is when you have the most power to negotiate. When you quit working (voluntary or involuntary) is when you have the second most power to negotiate.

To be clear, this is FUD.

No matter what your cousin's friend overheard somebody in the know talking about down at the bar.... It is a theoretical possibility, but it is not a practical concern.