My career covering federal grants for green energy ended on inauguration day, but at least I got my solar and batteries installed well ahead of time so I’m not paying usurious electric rates.

With base fees, I was paying $3 per kWh. Not three cents or 30 cents, three fucking dollars. $60 for 20 kWh most months. There really wasn’t any reason to worry about conservation since the portion of my bill related to actual use was under 25%, and Austin Energy is a public service, not privately owned.

And there have been four residential rate increases since I moved into my van so that commercial and industrial rates could be cut. People are pissed about this.

You know what’s better than $3/kWh? Zero.