Eureka Excessive Residential Electricity Use Tax

Eureka City Council received a report and was asked by staff to provide direction regarding development of an Excessive Residential Electricity Use Tax for the 2014 ballot. The County is looking into a tax similar to the one already passed by Arcata. Allison Talbot from PG & E made remarks at the City Council meeting which were the same  she made earlier in the day to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.

One comment which Talbot made at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisor meeting not included in that post was that "PG & E does not make money off high-energy users." PG & E does not make money from this tax and "profits are decoupled from energy use."

One remark that she made at the Eureka City Council meeting that was additional information was that "if the tax was not paid after a robust collection process, that individual's information would be given to the City."

Eureka Council unanimously voted to enter into an agreement with PG & E to gather data and look at the information in January.