THE LOS ANGELES SENIOR CITIZEN LIFELINE ELECTRICITY RATE

摘要

Lifeline electricity rates, which grant consumers a price discount on a basic amount of electricity, are attracting increasing attention from legislative bodies and in regulatory proceedings. The proponents of these rates view them as a means of granting relief to selected groups of customers. Others worry that these price discount3 will encourage increased electricity usage, thereby subverting national goals of energy conservation and inducing wasteful patterns of re¬source use.