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For most months, this would raise my bill by 50%. Easy solution though, I simply won't tell my electric company what my income is. Surely the government won't hand over this info, right? Right?



> Easy solution though, I simply won't tell my electric company what my income is. Surely the government won't hand over this info, right? Right?

I don't know about PG&E specifically, but Equifax et al. have subsidiaries like The Work Number to get your income from employers and share it with whoever asks. The government isn't handing over anything-- even they go through Equifax when verifying income for food stamp eligibility.

The threat is real.


I think their plan is to charge the highest fee by default, unless forms to validate placement at a lower fee tier is submitted.




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