Letters: Recent drop in PG&E bills doesn’t put a dent in increases

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Drop in PG E bills doesn t dent increases Re PG E monthly bills begin to fall Page B Sept California electricity ratepayers are relieved to hear that electricity rates are certainly coming down However a modest reduction of is hardly enough to make up for modern rate increases of over the past three years The CPUC-sanctioned rate increases are largely due to overspending on grid transmission lines which is the most of profitable part of the investor-owned utility business Related Articles Letters Alameda County wants to put more money into politics Letters Gov Newsom contradicts himself with Prop Letters Was op-ed s intent to dissuade voters on Prop Letters ICE focuses on honor students instead of criminals Letters Rule to make appliances electric is too expensive impractical We must electrify our homes and businesses to reduce carbon emissions and we must continue to add renewable vigor to our grid California must continue the cap-and-trade effort Furthermore various of the funds generated from the plan must be returned to ratepayers to help aid electrification efforts in California Please write your state senator and ask them to pass AB which renews the cap-and-trade bill In addition ask them to add a ratepayer dividend from the cap-and-trade revenues Rob Hogue Menlo Park Trump s policies taking elation out of our nation Re Trump s priorities are not our America Page A Sept A reader in recent months wrote that they are mourning the loss of the America they love So am I Our greatness has come from our enthusiasm and optimism not the negativism and division of Donald Trump s MAGA movement Growing up I felt the USSR was dreary and depressing painted in shades of black and gray Josef Stalin and his successors were ruthless dictators the communist market system was a tragedy Party loyalty was prized over merit individual liberty was crushed So were pleasure and hope In current times we are governed by Trump s egomaniacal quest for power and revenge His Cabinet of Clowns shows that loyalty means more than competence His hourly assault on American values norms and the rule of law is crushing individual gratification and optimism It s hard not to see a bleak future for America The shining city upon a hill is looking more black and gray This has got to stop Dave Riggs Aptos Increasing population increase isn t sustainable Re Look to cultural norms for way to fix baby bust Page A Sept In an op-ed Daniel Moss summarizes the economic impact of declining fertility rates and populations Although countries with the lowest fertility rates are among the healthiest and greater part advanced it is certainly prudent to anticipate future trends However Moss perfectly ignores the impact of growing populations on the context human healthcare and societal stability Moss cites a projected population of around billion in the s The world population is about billion This means an increase equal to that of the world s majority of populous country India the United Statesand an additional million We already have a world drowning in plastic litter facing a rapidly warming situation and with the fastest rate of species extinction in recorded history In numerous regions scarce tools are chronic causes of war and migration The conclusion Moss ignores A growing population is a major danger to humanity Brian Carr San Jose Time to give women reins of the country The divisive illogical and regressive politics in in contemporary times s America are caused by men It is time for women to step forward seize the day and straighten out this mess A good place to start will be vaccines Demand that legislators and administrators only use solid biological science in determining how our governing body will implement a sound vaccine project All the while publicize those who are obstructing your venture From vaccines move on to other politicized programs that need overhaul governance end gerrymandering the Epstein affair and tariffs Demand fairness and rationality throughout our regime Where appropriate take names and pledge to vote against any candidate who stands in your way John Cormode Mountain View GOP wants to add to voter suppression Re Trump already working to tilt ballot Page A Sept It s not only Donald Trump working at rigging the elections Desperate to win at any cost the anti-democracy GOP has been unlawfully rigging elections for decades Based on evidence gathered by the U S Civil Rights Commission and the U S Elections Assistance Commission and analyzed by the Brennan Center for Justice and MIT the GOP rigged the referendum with massive voter suppression in GOP-led states Trump won by only million votes obviously Kamala Harris would have won handily if those millions of votes hadn t been illegally suppressed And the GOP is plotting more illegal voter suppression for the midterms Bill Charleston Campbell