The electrical pricing is setting old people up to not use the air conditioning that they may truly need at some point to save their life.

Steeply tiered electricity costs can nail people with electricity bills of $200-500 or more in months where they use several hours of air conditioning in one day in California and South Korea and many other countries.

 

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/08/affordable-electricity-and-air-conditioning-is-needed-during-heat-waves-in-california-and-south-korea.html