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CPUC to Explore Service Review Power Beyond POTS

March 21, 2022 / By Adam Bender

California stepped toward regulating VoIP, broadband and wireless service quality. The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 at a virtual meeting Thursday to open a rulemaking sought by consumer advocates

PG&E customers could be hit with rate hike of more than $760 over 2 years

March 18, 2022 / By Michael Finney and Randall Yip

Source: ABC 7 News

PG&E customers could be hit by a series of rate hikes totaling more than $760 over just two years. In January, electricity rates went up 8%. That was followed by

New York is urged to pay public’s ballooning utility debt

March 11, 2022 / By Marina Villeneuve

Source: ABC News

At least 1.4 million households and other residential customers in New York are behind on electric and natural gas bills — a number that soared during the pandemic — and

Is it true that our electricity rates will be going down?

March 6, 2022 / By Sherry Listgarten

Source: Palo Alto Online

Many of us have felt the pinch of high electricity bills over the winter, and our bills only seem to go up. Well, it’s not your imagination. Electricity rates at

Here’s what California officials and experts are considering tolimit soaring energy bills

March 5, 2022 / By Marisa Endicott

Source: The Press Democrat

In case you couldn’t take two full days out of your week to watch the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hearings on how to get soaring energy bills under control,

Groups Petition FCC to Classify Interconnected VoIP as Title II Services

March 3, 2022 /

Source: Communications Daily

A coalition petitioned the FCC for declaratory ruling Wednesday asking the agency to classify interconnected VoIP as Communications Act Title II services, per a filing. Public Knowledge, the Communications Workers

California’s Transition to Solar Energy Is at a Crossroads: What That Means for Equity and Your Energy Bill

March 3, 2022 / By Raquel Maria Dillon

Source: KQED

The pitched battle over rooftop solar regulations in California is at a momentary détente, with several vested interests hoping that Gov. Gavin Newsom will intervene to swing the new rules

‘It’s going to impact me across the board’: PG&E rate hikes take effect

March 2, 2022 / By Phil Gomez

Source: KSBW 8

For the second time since the start of the new year, monthly bills for Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers have gone up. On March 1, the average electric bill

PG&E seeks higher electric bills to put lines underground

February 28, 2022 / By George Avalos

Source: SiliconValley.com

PG&E monthly bills would jump about $30 a month under a new proposal by the utility behemoth to bury thousands of miles of power lines as a way to ward

PG&E Wants to Spend $10.5 Billion to Bury Lines to Stop Fires

February 25, 2022 / By Mark Chediak

Source: Bloomberg

PG&E Corp. estimates it will cost about $10.5 billion to bury nearly 3,600 miles (5,794 kilometers) of power lines over the next five years as part of an ambitious project

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