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PG&E revenue, profits soar after utility charges more on monthly bills

PG&E on Thursday posted a big jump in profits during its first quarter, a January-through-March period that featured two hefty increases in the company’s monthly electric and gas bills. The

SDG&E parent company gives record payout to investors amid spiking customer energy bills

On Friday morning, investors woke up to welcome news from Sempra Energy, the parent company for SDG&E. Sempra Energy is reportedly paying out its biggest quarterly dividends ever. It’s a

Surging electric bills threaten Calif. climate goals

Millions of Californians pay among the highest prices in the nation for electricity, a potential threat to the state’s plans to electrify cars and homes as it battles climate change.

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

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

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?

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

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,

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

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

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

You’re not imagining things: Your PG&E bill is soaring. Here’s why and what you can do

Lately, I’ve been afraid to open my utility bills. I know many of you can relate. “This is a major topic amongst us out here in the public, and

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