In 2019 the average household used 30 kWh/day. Greenies in California now estimate that an electric vehicle charged at home uses 2.9 kWh/day. This is almost a 10% increase.
So with rolling brown outs in summer now, Commifornia cutting off power for fear of burning the state down, wind power freezing, clean burning coal being regulated out of business, nuclear power being disbanded, data centers consuming what power there is to be had, how is the 50 year old power grid system going to handle the 10% load increase?
Oh, yea.... increase rates suddenly to offset the inflated costs of building.
No, no, that's not acceptable. The government will pay for it! Of course this is done through levying higher taxes and then passing it through three more steps of markups and double the regulatory red tape but hey, power bill won't have to go up to pay for it. It will just have to go up to keep pace with inflation from government spending.
Yes indeed. Clean energy. It is going to be a wonderful thing!