Redwood Coast Energy Authority

You aren't paying both. RCEA provides electricity through PG&E transmission lines. This was all explained in the the letter that RCEA sent to all energy customers in Humboldt. That letter also gave instructions for how to opt out, which is what I did. If you chose to ignore the letter, that's your own fault. Stop crying and waving the victim flag and take responsibility for your own actions.

The one at the Public Parking lot (not the one at the fairgrounds) is a Greenlots charger. In their app it shows that "Customer decided not to renew". If you want it back online, you should contact the City of Ferndale directly to inquire about renewing the contract as well.

May 1 - October 31 is considered Summer for rates. PG&E (likely with CPUC approval) set the months, not RCEA. The rate RCEA charges for production is lower (lower, but with an additional (allowed by the CPUC, again) PG&E fee that makes them almost identical) than what PG&E charges for production. The purpose behind the high EV peak hours rates is to force you, by means of your pocketbook, to shift most of your usage (and all of your EV charging) to off-peak hours. The off-peak rates are very low. The benefit is that you are not in a tiered system anymore, so no worry about rate increases for going over baseline usage (which would easily happen with an EV, even with minimal driving) I dont work for RCEA, but i do know every penny charged and why, as well as my KWH usage and production at my home. I have been on the EV rate for almost 2 years, and i just passed my first solar true-up from PG&E in October.