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California lawmakers advanced several reform measures this week to rein in utility profits, slash electricity bills and potentially save consumers billions of dollars.
If Southern California Edison equipment is found to have sparked the blaze on Jan. 7, as dozens of lawsuits allege, the damage claims could quickly exhaust the state’s $21-billion wildfire fund.
Opinion: California’s solar transition has left most renters behind Homeowners can save on utility bills by investing in clean technology, but landlords have no incentive to do the same Share this: ...
California’s Chamber of Commerce has concluded that the state’s solar rooftop program is the top driver of higher electricity bills. Opinion columnist Tom Philp asks: Now what?
TACKLE EXPENSIVE UTILITY BILLS THIS YEAR AS COSTS ARE RISING FOR CONSUMERS. PG&E TODAY ANNOUNCED ANOTHER YEAR OF PROFIT GROWTH, RAKING IN RECORD PROFITS OF CLOSE TO $2.5 BILLION LAST YEAR. KCRA 3 ...
PG&E's proposal, asking for 8% in rate increases through 2030, was submitted to California regulators on Thursday. The utility says that while rates would go up, customers' bills would remain flat ...
Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 ...
In 2021, California’s big three utilities either could not account for or diverted $240 million, $700 million and $1.5 billion in money the CPUC had already allowed the companies to collect for ...
The costs of bill is 25% below the national average. Mortgages cost an average of $961, while rent averages out to $846 a month, according to the report. These are the top 10 least expensive ...
It marks the fourth rate increase for PG&E customers this year. The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved the hike with a 4-0 vote on its “consent agenda,” a process that ...