Californians Paying for State’s Climate Agenda With Higher Utility Bills

Published on March 3, 2024

With utility prices pressuring family budgets in California, some are questioning the role played by “hidden taxes” derived from the state’s climate mandates. These policies are derived from the state’s goals of achieving 90 percent “clean electricity” and a carbon-neutral economy in 2045, as defined by legislation passed in 2022. “These energy mandates jacked up utility rates,” Assembly Republican Leader Assemblyman James Gallagher told The Epoch Times Feb. 26. “All of this stuff has a cost.” Californians paid about 67 percent more than the national average for electricity in 2022 and about 30 percent higher for natural gas, based on median prices. Some Golden State residents pay as much as five times the rate per kilowatt hour as compared to the lowest-priced areas in the country....

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