Amid the escalating costs, PG&E last week asked California regulators if it could increase the rate of return for its investors — a move that would result in yet another rate hike. www.kqed.org Reactions: h2ofun H h2ofun Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2020 5,036 1,547 auburn, ca Ma...
adopting a new rate making process that will let the utility recoup its costs for completing energization projects.Energization projects help connect new customers to the electricity grid, increase capacity for existing customers, and increase transmission capacity to...
In January of this year, rates went up nearly 13%. Then there was another energy increase in April before PG&E said they lowered rates in the first week of July because of the high temperatures. "Does pg&e at all consider the customer when there are these rate hikes?"...
“We understand the impact of any rate increase on our customers, and we are committed to completing critical safety and reliability work as cost-efficiently as possible,” Paulo said. Some California lawmakers worry the rising cost of electricity in California is undermining the sta...
"We can make our system safe with the right investments and keep customers' bills affordable," said PG&E CEO Patti Poppe today to investors. On top of the 14% rate increase already imposed this year, another fee hike will be considered in April. More major increases are in the works for...
California regulators on Thursday voted to change how some power companies calculate their customers' bills, a decision that will make it less expensive for people to charge electric cars and cool their homes in the summer but will increase prices for those who don't use as much energy. ...
(PD&E) haswarned about 12,000 customers across ten Northern California countiesto prepare forpossible Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS)starting as soon as the early morning hours Tuesday to reduce wildfire risk.Of those customers, several hundred impacted homes are in rural Yolo and Solano ...
Commissioners stressed that the vote Thursday was not a rate increase but was a necessary consideration in line with new requirements put on the utility by the state. Still, several public commenters spoke in person and via phone at the hybrid meeting in San Francisco, objecting to...