Dive Summary:
- Starting this fall, PG&E will collect a new fee the city of Arcata, California will impose on residents using more than 600% of the energy baseline in an attempt to crack down on marijuana growers who require incredible amounts of electricity.
- The city is paying PG&E $650,000 to develop the fee collection system, which will charge energy-draining residents a 45% tax on their electricity bill.
- ”This is the first time that we've worked on a new system like this,” PG&E spokeswoman Brittany McKannay said. “There really isn't a precedent yet to determine or to speculate what the changes would look like.”
From the article:
“Systemwide, which ranges from Humboldt County to Bakersfield, 1.5 percent of PG&E customers are 600 percent above baseline..”