Source: GV Wire | By Nancy Price THE PAIN IS REAL. Pacific Gas and Electric is seeking an increase in electricity and gas rates from the California Public Utilities Commission, a request that has produced a growing storm of critical voices from consumers whose...
Source: SiliconValley.com | By Teri Sforza THE PAIN IS REAL. None of us lives in Hearst Castle. Yet my natural gas bill shot from $44 to nearly $300 in the span of two months. Kay Kearney’s is projected to hit $368 in January — more than three times what she paid...
Rising electricity rates in California are on a “collision course” with the state’s goal to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2045, says Mark Toney, one of the state’s leading advocates for clean and affordable energy. “Unless we can moderate the electricity rates,...
Source: The Coronado Times | By Managing Editor As California rapidly boosts sales of electric cars and trucks over the next decade, the answer to a critical question remains uncertain: Will there be enough electricity to power them? State officials claim that...
Source: KQED | By Farida Jhabvala Romero I never paid much attention to my house’s electrical panel, until a huge blue spruce next door crashed down on our driveway and adjacent power lines, ripping my panel off the wall during a storm on January 4. Immediately,...
Source: Los Angeles Times | By Grace Toohey David Higares was on his fourth day without power in his Morada home in San Joaquin County when he woke up to indoor temperatures barely above 50 degrees. His lights had flickered twice since his neighborhood outside...
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune | By Rob Nikolewski (This story is a San Diego Union-Tribune subscriber exclusive.) The California Public Utilities Commission and its independent arm that looks out for ratepayers is looking at measures — at least in the short...
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By Cathie Anderson Only an air mattress separates Sacramento resident Linda Barnard, 73, from the frame of her hospital bed, an electrical pump steadily alternating the pressure to prevent pressure sores and to improve her blood...
Source: MarketWatch | By Aarthi Swaminathan A new feature from a brokerage can help home shoppers estimate monthly utilities payments Home shoppers often try to estimate the cost of monthly utilities payments for prospective homes by quizzing real-estate agents....
Source: Redheaded Blackbelt | By Sarah Reith As PG&E prepares its plan for decommissioning the inter-basin water transfer hydropower project that diverts water from the Eel River to the Russian River, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC,...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle | By Julie Johnson Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s 16 million customers could be hit with higher electric and gas bills next year to help the utility recoup fire prevention costs plus expenses from emergency work during fires and...
Source: Grist | By Blanca Begert Pacific Gas & Electric, California's private utility company that maintains a monopoly over electric service in the state, let go of thousands of contractors and employees across multiple trades over the last month. Union...
