Commission Chair Jim O’Connor told reporters Friday that he and three Republican colleagues approved the new rate plan without knowing the exact impact it would have on customers since it was projected to be “in the ballpark” of about 8%. O’Connor reasoned that the margin of error was too small to delay voting for another day.

The Democrat on the committee voted no

OP was mocking the urgency and willingness to get the deal done, not just having a rate increase.

This is not a partisan issue. See California, a very blue state, doing the exact same thing.

Please cite your source that shows that California raised rates customer have to pay simply because they are solar customers.

Please don't post NEM 3.0 stuff, because you know thats not the same thing as your statement claims.

None of that justifies charging those who use solar panels more than other customers. Especially when you consider that solar can actually provide power to the grid when there is excess power produced in a household.

I agree with the idea behind your message. But keep in mind that in many places you aren't allowed to disconnect from the grid. I ran into that problem a lot when searching for a property to build an off-grid house, many counties simply require that you are hooked up to utilities if they are available within a certain distance of your house. Be it electricity water or sewer you just don't have a choice

You do realize that in some states those privately owned battery systems are offered up to help with peak demand events, right? Owners sign up to be part of a virtual power plant, allowing the utility to send power from the batteries to the grid when needed. The utilities pay the owners for that power, and limit how often they can do it. And owners can opt out at any time.