You all realize we're picking up the tab for their lawsuit from the fires, right? This is what happens when big companies become so big they take over politics. Our government needs a major overhaul, right the eff now.
@Steven-mm7gb11 ай бұрын
Who else is going to pay? The money has to come from some where. Electricity and gas infrastructure isnt free nothing is free.Its inflation. they also give low income people a break on their bills. Guess how they make up for that loss, they raise every one else's bill.
@dfirth22411 ай бұрын
People have been saying for several years now they want the lines buried. That was until they found out they are the ones who will pay for it. All because of mismanagement in forests because tree "huggers" don't want ANY trees or brush cut. They want to have a wooden house surrounded by lots of trees. They must not realize that is describing a ticking time bomb.
@tombaja4.911 ай бұрын
How much is the nap truck?
@LUribe40811 ай бұрын
It’s insane, went from 100’s to 350’s. I got a bill of $500 one time, so upsetting!
@roundearth402411 ай бұрын
be thankful it's been a warm winter in California. Last winter the cold was so brutal and the state's war on fossil fuels resulted in shortages. It is likely next winter will be extremly cold again with the return of La Nina. Next winter could see $1-2k/month energy bills for most households.
@xcqematic111 ай бұрын
PGE gave Gavin Newsom and his wife ('s charity that pays her salary) over $1M - why do you think prices will go down? Since Gavin Newsom took office, PGE price went up over 250%
@briananderson435511 ай бұрын
Fuck the demonRat party .
@Bmwstephen4 ай бұрын
aka they voted for this
@jarvis394811 ай бұрын
And their ceo gets paid 50 million.. How about she takes friggen pay cut!
@Likeaworm11 ай бұрын
lol so you can have 5 bucks off your bill?
@marimari-vw8ht11 ай бұрын
yes I agree
@TheDrumLife211 ай бұрын
CEO makes 12 million.
@jarvis394811 ай бұрын
@@TheDrumLife2 fact checked you are correct. Still quite a salary!
@Mxyzptlk3010 ай бұрын
The $50 million compensation was back in 2021, and she did get a pay cut.... to the tune of $14 million in 2022. Most of it was stock-based compensation, so she simply needs to move the stock price upwards on the backs of PG&E customers to be well compensated when she sells some stock. In the end, customers are screwed and execs/shareholders win.
@timedj916411 ай бұрын
Insanity is when you keep doing the same thing and expect different results. We should be protesting at PG&E head quarters and in front of the governors house! Enough is enough!!
@Wakeen51011 ай бұрын
I wish people would stop quote it’s literally not that in the dictionary
@1man2many11 ай бұрын
Suggest protest in Sacramento, that is where the crazy is centered.
@calisingh797811 ай бұрын
Yet Europe yet had their rates jacked and open boarders for two decades. Protesting achieved nothing..
@mark99k11 ай бұрын
@@Wakeen510 It's a saying, not a definition.
@mark99k11 ай бұрын
The CPUC approved this hike, not the governor.
@AresWing31411 ай бұрын
Customers should not burden the cost of what PG&E should have been doing all along. PG&E only wants to keep profit margins high for their investors.
@roundearth402411 ай бұрын
lmao investors in PG&E have been getting destroyed.
@JRcomments11 ай бұрын
@@roundearth4024 yet they profited all those years prior when a lot of that money should have gone to upgrade the grid. Instead, we get to pay off the lawsuits.
@dalesuhre652211 ай бұрын
PG&E stock dividend only paid $0.01 per share
@JRcomments11 ай бұрын
@@dalesuhre6522 a positive return nonetheless while the public takes the loss in higher rates. PG&E has always paid off the shareholders first, then upkeep the infrastructure with what little is left.
@jamesrios552211 ай бұрын
PG&E gotta keep their corporate officers fat. The Head honcho is raking in over 50 million a year. Nothing like guaranteed money of a monopoly.
@unounv11 ай бұрын
They are all here to squeeze you till you pop! Middle class is a thing of the past!
@briananderson435511 ай бұрын
Has been for a while..
@delfinney128110 ай бұрын
Bidenomics
@venuvegi11 ай бұрын
Typically we pay $52 this month we are paying $205. Insane
@ryder450811 ай бұрын
That makes no sense. That's 400%.
@marimari-vw8ht11 ай бұрын
robbery
@L0ckeness11 ай бұрын
criminals.
@bayareathrasher66611 ай бұрын
PG&E and Xfinity have got to go!!!!
@TheUtuber99911 ай бұрын
They need to be broken up, just like Ma Bell in the 70s.
@johnmourer57474 ай бұрын
Monopolies
@Tryp-j9d3 ай бұрын
DROP CABLE, DUMBBELL!!!
@Tryp-j9d3 ай бұрын
@@TheUtuber999THAT was the 80s!!!!
@TheUtuber9993 ай бұрын
@@Tryp-j9d You just now reading this article, bro? This was from SEVEN MONTHS AGO. There's reading yesterday's news, but this is ridiculous! 😆
@tuber638211 ай бұрын
Gavin needs more of your money
@jamesmancusi674711 ай бұрын
My bill jumped from $48.00 in Nov., to $119.00 in Dec. - lucky thing I'm not on a fixed income. I do plan on leaving the Bay Area soon - you all can have it!
@chitownmo11 ай бұрын
People can be stunned all they want. This state's politicians and these power companies DO NOT fear the masses. They KNOW that most WILL NOT sacrifice convenience for righteousness. They know most will pay even though they will not like it.
@thatisabsolutelykooooge221111 ай бұрын
Nailed it
@offensivearch11 ай бұрын
Liberals vote to close powerplants. Liberals vote against nuclear and natural gas. What do you expect? Energy gets cheaper when you cut off the supply? Do you think it's magic? Liberals keep voting for idealistic garbage that makes everything harder and more expensive and then complain about the politicians and power companies. YOU voted for this.
@phillipchan691911 ай бұрын
Good citizens just become sheep or fishes.
@calisingh797811 ай бұрын
Nothing about convenience, they love mass human harvests
@chitownmo11 ай бұрын
@@calisingh7978 Yeah, it is. Most Americans are not willing to stand for anything that will compromise their comfort level, no matter how painful it may be initially. Even if it gets to a breaking point, most will still not do anything out of fear and apathy. Voting is NOT enough.
@jamesrios552211 ай бұрын
For those that say it wasn’t the governor that did this….. not directly, but it was the CPUC THAT DID IT WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR!!!
@NC-it6im8 ай бұрын
Preach…. CA residents are just flat out dumb!
@markmaz5611 ай бұрын
And at the same time, PG&E executives get their obscene salaries and bonuses and shareholders get their payouts. We need a REAL public utilities commission, not a rubber stamp commission!
@zz-.-11 ай бұрын
Despicable. California politicians should be ashamed of themselves. How on EARTH do you allow PG&E to continue to raise rates when everything is unaffordable as it is? Taxpayers fund PG&E and get terrible service and STILL rates continue to be hiked. WTF is going on with our government?????
@manualman625211 ай бұрын
It's the Democrats
@zz-.-11 ай бұрын
@@manualman6252 ummmm republicans run the state too did you know that? The sitting speaker of the house for the majority of the last year+ has been a California republican. 3rd in line to the presidency. Yet it’s the democrats fault? Get real it’s BOTH SIDES FAULT.
@maylani369711 ай бұрын
The word “corruption” comes to mind.
@visittavee777311 ай бұрын
Me too from $50 to now $191.more .
@haveanicedave155111 ай бұрын
We went from $0 since solar panels installed, to $10 during the winter, and last bill jumped to $162.
@marimari-vw8ht11 ай бұрын
we should protest
@JesusChrist2000BC11 ай бұрын
Anyone who voted for Gavin or politicians who are for raising taxes and cost of living send them this video. They contributed to this. If you want to solve this the entire state needs to fight back against price gouging.
@opaldix11 ай бұрын
They'll watch it and laugh because they don't care about you... only your money.
@lettyamaya589111 ай бұрын
That I the reason I will vote against DEMOCRATS …, they only are bringing down th economy, the security, the people of this country … I want to see California shining again with represenatntive that work very well for the state
@manualman625211 ай бұрын
Well said !
@tannerfaust43310 ай бұрын
The problem goes back decades…
@RacerX197111 ай бұрын
Lol...then you plug in your EV..
@dfirth22411 ай бұрын
Last summer the state told EV owners to not charge their cars because there was not enough electricity for everyone.
@imzjustplayin11 ай бұрын
They said don't charge during peak hours which if you own an EV, you would do anyway. No different than telling people to reduce A/C usage during peak hours.@@dfirth224
@Grim__Raptor11 ай бұрын
Go green they say 😂
@jessebfly11 ай бұрын
My bill was $500. That’s insane. It’s just me, living alone, and I hardly use any heating as I work outside my home every week. Everything in CA is so f’d up. Liberalism destroys everything. Always.
@roundearth402411 ай бұрын
This is part of the left's war on Fossil Fuels. You will own nothing and be happy they are making it too hard for anybody to own anything in California.
@DarqJestor11 ай бұрын
It's greed and capitalism driving this, not liberalism.
@imzjustplayin11 ай бұрын
no, it's letting a electrical grid get deferred maintenance for 20+ years that caused this.@@DarqJestor
@JRcomments11 ай бұрын
Get a clue. It is greed. Pure f*cking greed. PG&E is a privatized company that works for its shareholders, not you or me.
@imzjustplayin11 ай бұрын
CPUC limits profits.@@JRcomments
@kevin-jb5jw11 ай бұрын
newsom is the ring leader of pge and the public does not see it. he placed all the board member to the cpuc.
@DogMomCMF11 ай бұрын
We heat with wood, cook with propane, and use candles for light, solar lights for outdoor lighting, yet we still ended up owing $400-450 a month. This is disgustingly evil!
@grahamimal833611 ай бұрын
Make PGE pay not taxpayers!
@MarkJensen-se8nn11 ай бұрын
Re: Make PGE pay not -taxpayers!- rate payers! .....much better. Retail consumers ALWAYS pay the price. Not commercial. Regards -
@christhompson601010 ай бұрын
@@MarkJensen-se8nn its the way of the private industry transfer operation cost to the consumer. protected by the free market. its why communications and utilities should not be ran by private industry profit will always come first when sold on the open market
@MarkJensen-se8nn10 ай бұрын
@@christhompson6010 *Re: It’s the way of the private industry transfer operation cost to the consumer.* ….to more concise. PG&E was a *"once"* highly *“objectively regulated”* utility. CA PUC/Legislative oversight has been watered down by unscrupulous law makers & commission officials. The legislative oversight body has turned a blind eye to PG&E’s internal operational conduct. This led to routine safety maintenance left idle or dead for years. *No oversight*. Irresponsibility lead to disasters. This culminates into losses beyond belief. Once again, irresponsible PG&E management practices & heavy self serving lobbying efforts led to this. PG&E’s earlier stock price and earning reports reflected this. e.g. risky operational maintenance cut backs *Maximizing Profit-s Over Safety* PG&E has been operating as a more *privatized* company than a pure play *regulated utility* than ever before. e.g. PG&E is not Netflix, nor is Netflix PG&E _to a degree, I get your point._ Regards -
@MarkJensen-se8nn10 ай бұрын
@@christhompson6010 *Re: It’s the way of the private industry transfer operation cost to the consumer.* PG&E was a *"once"* highly *“objectively regulated”* utility. CA PUC/Legislative oversight has been watered down by unscrupulous law makers & commission officials. The legislative oversight body has turned a blind eye to PG&E’s internal operational conduct. This led to routine safety maintenance left idle or dead for years. *No oversight*. Irresponsibility lead to disasters. This culminates into losses beyond belief. Once again, irresponsible PG&E management practices & heavy self serving lobbying efforts led to this. PG&E’s earlier stock price and earning reports reflected this. e.g. risky operational maintenance cut backs *Maximizing Profit-s Over Safety* PG&E has been operating as a more *privatized* company than a pure play *regulated utility* than ever before. e.g. PG&E is not Netflix, nor is Netflix PG&E Regards -
@MarkJensen-se8nn10 ай бұрын
@@christhompson6010 ….to more concise. PG&E was *once* a highly *“objectively regulated”* utility. CA PUC/Legislative oversight has been watered down by unscrupulous law makers & commission officials. The legislative oversight body has turned a blind eye to PG&E’s internal operational conduct. This is why routine safety maintenance was left idle or dead for years. *No oversight*. Irresponsibility lead to disasters. This culminates into losses beyond belief. Once again, irresponsible PG&E management practices & heavy self serving lobbying efforts led to this. PG&E’s earlier stock price and earning reports reflected this. e.g. risky operational maintenance cut backs Regards -
@kimmer611 ай бұрын
The new PG&E January 2024 rate for Tier 1 usage... $0.42 per kilowatt hour. After you use up your pathetically small base allowance (292 kwh?) Tier 2 usage takes us to $0.53 per kilowatt hour. Some other parts of the country pay $0.11 cents a kwh for electric. Natural gas charge is $2.69 per Therm for January 2024 according to their PDF. The EV rates were very complicated as shown on their chart and options. It looks like $0.34 per kwh. I am on fixed income and use their web page energy usage info daily. It helps me track costs while the house stays at 54 degrees F. Rain brings warmer air. This week it got to 61F in the house.
@thuggoe11 ай бұрын
thats chilly for cali where are you located
@kimmer611 ай бұрын
@@thuggoe Chilly? It was 33F to 35F for a week earlier in early mornings January in the San Francisco East Bay. Low 40's more normal unless it's raining.
@thuggoe11 ай бұрын
@@kimmer6 i'm in sac and don't use heat, my indoor temp is rarely below 60, recently it's been 65 with these warm systems
@tbarnum631511 ай бұрын
and if you live in San Jose, you pay another 15-20 cents per KWH on top of that for the San Jose Green Grift.
@kimmer611 ай бұрын
@@tbarnum6315 WOW! That is nuts! I see a day coming where people will start burning old bus tires and railroad ties to stay warm.
@poodlescone970011 ай бұрын
Here is a thought: STOP SHUTTING DOWN POWER PLANTS!
@dfirth22411 ай бұрын
If it were not for Diablo Canyon and the natural gas fired turbines we would already be having blackouts. And the leftists want Newsom the get rid of them.
@michaelhoffman548611 ай бұрын
duh duncey not the problem make energy public, not private no shareholders no fucking need for profit duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@christhompson601010 ай бұрын
@@michaelhoffman5486 these idiots are just trolling state governor has little to no control over privet companies and what they can charge
@ryder450811 ай бұрын
Imagine how high they will be by next year. They're raising them again in March, and already working on requesting another rate hike after that.
@jake111011 ай бұрын
Today I learned: PG&E utilities literally cost 4x - 5x more than my own. I've never had a $200 bill, but if I had PG&E, it would be over $500! I haven't lived in California since 2000ish and was a kid....didn't realize things were this bad.
@pixelsofdeath11 ай бұрын
lol, who'd you think was really going to pay that $45mil for the dixie fire
@johnmourer57474 ай бұрын
The San Bruno gas line. That erupted.
@Einsteinbomb11 ай бұрын
Alright then. I think it's time we get a proposition on the ballot to dissolve the California Public Utilities Commission and only allow rate hikes through the voters.
@Liberalcali11 ай бұрын
But you keep voting democrats and Newsom you have a serious disconnect from reality
@1man2many11 ай бұрын
in principle, this could be good- but, voters have near zero understanding of grid operation so they would vote according to 'someone said'. This lazy ignorance is what we have NOW.
@Einsteinbomb11 ай бұрын
@@1man2many One alternative would be to elect members of the California Public Utilities Commission like we do the California State Board of Equalization with four members representing four regions of the state and one member appointed by the governor. There aren't perfect alternatives but at least this way the California Public Utilities Commission would be beholden to the people.
@dalesuhre652211 ай бұрын
PG&E gross profit for the 12 months ending September 30th 2023 was slightly over 18 billion dollars. That is how much they made after all expenses related to the production and distribution of the electricity.
@9liveslisa11 ай бұрын
Next they are going to be bitching and raising rates because everyone is turning their heat off and they aren't making any money. Really pisses me off.
@ryder450811 ай бұрын
There was a water company that did this during the drought. They said people conserved water too well, and needed to raise rates because of lost revenue.
@9liveslisa11 ай бұрын
@@ryder4508 Yep
@chitownmo11 ай бұрын
Don't pay it. Send letters to your congressmen. Call for the reversal of it. It is unnecessary. Nothing more than price gouging. The company's reasoning is a disgusting lie. Being charged based on income is a heinous crime that profits ONLY the company and its' backers.
@thuggoe11 ай бұрын
are they doing that
@MarkJensen-se8nn11 ай бұрын
You want to sit in the dark?
@issaciams6 ай бұрын
Pge shouldn't even be a traded company on the stock exchange! People need power for their homes. This is disgusting and evil!
@elfenvine10 ай бұрын
We depend on wood for heat, left for 2 wks w heat set at 60. Our bill was highest ever at 200. Horrible
@jackieadams10619 ай бұрын
91% off peak usage, for a single family home, 91% off peak usage. My bill? $825.52. Two income household, with me working part time as well. My paycheck is 860.51. So...how are people affording life these days? We have a wood stove for primary heat, LED lights, and only one energy efficient fridge.
@yourmissingsock556boop311 ай бұрын
You had your chance to recall Newsom, but you said nah. You get what you voted for.
@manualman625211 ай бұрын
Yep !
@Milesco11 ай бұрын
I'm no fan of "Governor Nuisance", but the Republican alternatives were even worse!
@magicunicorn653511 ай бұрын
My bill went from around $45 to over $150. And I'm on the C.A.R.E. low-income rate plan.
@rgs4x11 ай бұрын
It's going to pay their Canadian CEO $50 MILLION dollars! Along with their endless commercials.
@PieAnomaly11 ай бұрын
Seriously, why the hell is the ceo pay in the millions?
@marimari-vw8ht11 ай бұрын
CEO should be resign
@TheDrumLife211 ай бұрын
@@PieAnomaly 12 million a year
@jeffreykreiley726511 ай бұрын
I always click onto any California news. It’s all the entertainment I need.
@eddiemelikian244011 ай бұрын
It's tempting to blame PGE, a private company, for overcharging it's customers but remember they can't turn on the coffeemaker at PGE unless the State government authorizes it. These excessive power bills are a direct result of California's policies.
@calisingh797811 ай бұрын
Its federal and state mandate from the un agenda 2030
@celebrityrog11 ай бұрын
No. These policies are part of deregulation. California needs to go back to regulation of utilities.
@dalesuhre652211 ай бұрын
@@celebrityrogThe main part of deregulation that is screwing over customers of PG&E is where PG&E has to purchase the extra electricity that they need to service their customers at the spot rate. Whereas the government-owned utility can make long-term contracts for purchase of said power.
@briananderson435511 ай бұрын
Their both to blame ! The crooks at pacific graft & extortion are to busy spending our money on new trucks and whatever else and blaming wild fires on their incompetence and greed, (not maintaining equipment , etc.) , for some reason back in the day you didn't need a freaking bank loan to pay your pg&e bill and you didn't have all these other problems , read " wild fires" , because the Forrest service could actually do their job.. what changed ? Commie liberal Democrat policies have slimed there way into our lives and this is just one result .
@krjourneyfan7811 ай бұрын
It’s called fascism when government and private industry collude like this.
@RandA122011 ай бұрын
PG&E would like to thank Gavin Newsom for helping them increase the rate
@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart11 ай бұрын
Who are the regulators?
@kimmer611 ай бұрын
In Gavin's pocket.
@JesusChrist2000BC11 ай бұрын
Gavins personal yes men.
@shrimboi890911 ай бұрын
Y'all should vote to unPRIVATIZED PG&E. A few very wealthy investors are raking in big time while footing the bills to customers.
@1man2many11 ай бұрын
Right- government does a great job! PGE is only doing what Sacramento, CPUC and CARB tell them.
@henr0les11 ай бұрын
Funny to ask but does it mean that when they are done with grounding the lines our bills will go back down?
@briananderson435511 ай бұрын
Ha ha.. ha.. that's a good one
@charliehuang125211 ай бұрын
who can stop this greedy and corrupted company? They cause the problem of wild fire, and we have to suffer and take responsibility for their action? Something needs to be corrected. 😢
@Garth201111 ай бұрын
Thank Newsom and California Public Utilities Commission. None of that fire damage was supposed to be paid for by the customers. Whats more, how can other utilities sell power for 8 cents yet PG&E gets to sell it for 50 cents?
@tannerfaust43310 ай бұрын
Incompetence
@Cori-se9ww11 ай бұрын
What happened to breaking up monopolies. PG&E and Xifi ity should be broken up. My bill was 400 last month. THAT IS ONE PAYCHECK I GET PAID MONTHLY. I work one job to pay them.
@juli_lB11 ай бұрын
Check with metro, there doing a special on wifi
@phototristan10 ай бұрын
I bought an indoor clothes drying rack so I don't have to run the clothes dryer as much. Gotta save electricity everywhere we can.
@maxmulsanne705411 ай бұрын
There's ORT (organized retail theft) and then there's these guys... San Bruno CA, Paradise CA, etc... etc...
@dpharr10011 ай бұрын
The more wind and solar, the less reliable your grid and the more expensive your energy This is what your green new world looks like
@justachipn303911 ай бұрын
👍👍
@jjk2one11 ай бұрын
it's all a con on the commoners the noble lie and illusion of choice
@imzjustplayin11 ай бұрын
Electricity is expensive in California not because of solar but because of deferred grid maintenance for the last 20+ years.
@The_Lord_has_it11 ай бұрын
It's even worse than that. The whole ""renewable" every scam is to renew the investors bank accounts for the panels and batteries they invest in. Notice how LED light bulbs don't even last as long as the old incandescents? It's by design of course (I've been an electrical/software engineer for 25 years btw and fell for this scam last time around. It's why I majored in engineering originally). Anyway, in 10-15 years there will be thousands of acres of junk panels and batteries lying in fields needing replaced and no recycling centers because it isn't cost effective. SO naturally the govt will subsidize recycling so we can pay for that too! And on it will go because the liberal elite has to maintain their lifestyle of zero work and all play. I used to make close to $1500/day busting my tail repairing electronics until they gave it all to China so we could have cheap junk to toss in landfills and put every single one of us out of business. How exactly did that move benefit green thinking? It's the same story. Make the elite richer without having to do any work and toss the scraps to US. By the time a generation wakes up to what they are doing, two more gave already become voting age that are all on board with being useful idiots for the.... Oh, I can't even go on with this rant. You get what I'm saying tho. It's infuriating.
@jake111011 ай бұрын
@@imzjustplayin It certainly does add variability into the equation though.
@Speed0b0y11 ай бұрын
375. I live by myself and heat my place to 69 degrees for like 2 hours a night then turn off the heat.
@PigRipperLAW11 ай бұрын
I pay on average $400. It’s totally unfair.
@dextersamson828611 ай бұрын
With that BLM avatar you should be paying triple that.
@chuckpolage989110 ай бұрын
Funny story! Have Centerpoint in southern Indiana, no bill is less than $200 per month.
@rubenestrada709511 ай бұрын
PG&E shareholders are laughing😂 A bored of unelected officials has us by the balls 😮 ouch
@jamesrios552211 ай бұрын
Hmmm And who appointed these officials ?? I wonder🤔
@mrgauges906511 ай бұрын
I have no idea how regular people can survive in California
@concordca23256 ай бұрын
I bet you that PGE will report all time records profit and the CEO will get hundreds of millions in compensation. Pretty soon only the rich can afford to heat or cool our house. We will go back on burning wood to cook and heat our house as the future shows we cannot afford to be connected to PG&E.
@AL2019910 ай бұрын
Where is all our money going to? Power post/lines falling apart all over this last storm. People without power for days yet paying these high bills😡
@keithhupp599511 ай бұрын
I live in idaho i pay 1/4 the amount i did in California. Leave California its robbery.
@madbug196511 ай бұрын
PG&E strikes back!!
@RickStorni10 ай бұрын
I am sure the top brass at PG&E got a hefty pay raise and bonus with this rate increase too.
@donttrip406911 ай бұрын
This is Hell
@aka-.-198111 ай бұрын
someone make a petition so we can vote governor newsom out of here
@Mxyzptlk3010 ай бұрын
The PG&E Spokesman forgot to add: "We are also committed to raising our CEO's salary back to over $50 million again and increasing shareholder value on the back of our customers."
@GodChild-um3zq11 ай бұрын
We are in fresno without solar and paying about 700 a month right now and 1200 in the summer
@cheryloliver49149 ай бұрын
People keep voting for these Dems, policy’s and politics run right back to to those dems!
@chrisc-rc2og10 ай бұрын
Keep voting for crooks that help other corrupt crooks . PG&E whole board needs to be in prison
@sj408blacknteal11 ай бұрын
Is a cover to upgrade the power grid for those EV charging stations
@marthabarrera254211 ай бұрын
Omg I have my bill for $900 it look like triple the amount I used to pay
@rjframe441011 ай бұрын
perhaps its time to tell newsom this isnt ok
@hoam.485310 ай бұрын
2 years ago. I was paying ~$0.30 kWH, now I'm paying $0.63 kWH
@Lifeisshortby11 ай бұрын
Oh come on,they love this stuff other wise why would they keep voting blue. I don’t feel sorry for any Californian,they had a chance to get rid of Gavin and they didn’t. I’m sure they’re all going to vote for Biden.
@junosiu411811 ай бұрын
How did the rate hike get approved?
@ryder450811 ай бұрын
Corruption.
@araliu144311 ай бұрын
I paid $206 last Nov. 2023. The previous was $136 from a regular $37. If that is last year, what would be this 2024? 😅
@hollyshaw-elliemae11 ай бұрын
Ours was 550. It's 500 last month. Out of control
@edmurray238611 ай бұрын
The CPUC killed rooftop solar, which was the only way we could avoid these insane rate hikes and actually lower our bills. The utility companies, especially PG&E, run the CPUC. Governor Newsom needs to get back to California and stop the madness. He is beholden to the utilities and the IBEW because of their campaign contributions.
@NC-it6im8 ай бұрын
Newsom is an idiot
@kvasir11911 ай бұрын
Over and over PG&E and other utilities get away with robbing ratepayers to pay shareholders. We should direct the emotions to the entity that approves and allows these rate increases. That entity for Gas, Electricity (Power), and Water is the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). If the CPUC says no then the utilities can't do increases. But the CPUC almost alwaus says yes to it all or to a significant amount of the rate increase requests. Ex CPUC leadership often moves on to be leadership of these utilities. I bet there are even ex utility workers that work at the CPUC.
@Leann6810 ай бұрын
I can’t pay my bill , I’m on disability, this is ridiculous.. it’s not our problem to pay for anything but what we use , I use no gas .. I barely use hot water .. I use electric blankets. They don’t even read the meters anymore. I’m sick 🤒 f being cheated. 😢
@mitchellbarnow170911 ай бұрын
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that approves the rate hikes every single time!
@tamaradaniels580811 ай бұрын
PGE YOU MESSED UP PAY YOUR OWN DAMN BILL 🤬🤬
@TomSmith-ls5rn11 ай бұрын
Ahhhh, just keeps getting better and better in the liberal tragic comedy called California. Voting has consequences.
@ericdew202111 ай бұрын
Got my bill a week ago. Was $29.
@cbarnes216011 ай бұрын
Can you add in just *some* discussion of the cost of energy per Therm for gas and per kWh for electricity? It's like a long segment on gasoline costs where you refuse to talk about the cost per gallon and focus exclusively on the cost to fill up a car. Both matter and part of why PG&E keeps getting away with huge increases is that nobody knows or talks about the unit cost of energy. Just add in that basic info and this will be a lot more useful.
@danzusername3 ай бұрын
I don't use the heater in the Winter and I don't use the AC in the summer (in the Central Valley, 100°+) and my pg&e bil is still close to $200. Wtf
@BraveNewwor1d11 ай бұрын
You get what you vote for? Its not difficult to understand, why are you shocked?
@msrktmrider9 ай бұрын
What can you do.... 🤔 vote differently
@billmoeller88979 ай бұрын
And to top it all off, they will tack on a new fee on basic service costs based on your income. Time to get the pitchforks out & hit the streets.
@CookingandGardening1019 ай бұрын
Recall Newsom
@johnf887711 ай бұрын
“That money will go to stockholders”. Best rate plan=bend over and grab your ankles.
@ThomasAnderson-sd6yt11 ай бұрын
Wild fire prevention 😂 how 'bout paying for lawsuits .
@mdhh785911 ай бұрын
$700 this month 😢😢😢
@carlosavila763511 ай бұрын
Pge is just ripping us off i had a electirician come out and do some work on my meter soon as he shut my breakers off my meter was still running slow really slow but still for how many years has it been doing this and how much was i over charged pge you guys suck
@imzjustplayin11 ай бұрын
Either a bad meter or some other issue.
@maryhirsch29092 ай бұрын
Ours from unisource 12% and another 9. With the heat in AZ bills have been high.
@ragheadand420roll11 ай бұрын
YOU VOTED FOR THIS
@jillbelas726611 ай бұрын
I am not a californian, but out of curiousity, I compared the 2017 electricity udage to the 2022 usage in Los Angeles County. 20673 million-kilowatt-hours were used in 2017, and 23255 million kilowatt hours in 2022. Basically, 2600 million kilowatt hours have been addes to the electrical grid burden in just 5 years. PG&E is probably stretched too thin, and hence needs to raise rates to effectively cut back on demand. Higher pricing will cut usage and return it more closely to 2017 levels. Even if the CEO and their 50 million dollars were used to subsidize Los Angeles county, it wouldn't provide a dent in pricing.
@jake111011 ай бұрын
I'd say a small growth in population plus more electrical demands (electric cars, more electrical appliances replacing natural gas) have caused the increase. Crazy how expensive power is there.
@jillbelas726611 ай бұрын
@@jake1110 But that's the thing. If you look online the population hasn't growed from 2017 to 2022 in Los Angeles County.
@tannerfaust43310 ай бұрын
@@jillbelas7266 I don’t think LA uses PG&E however.
@adrianjamesNEWS9 ай бұрын
PG&E price gouges us as they announce record profits for 2023 by raking in $2.2 billion. How is this legal since we can't choose who supplies our utilities?
@theTimHernandez11 ай бұрын
This is wonderful news. It is great when voters get what they voted for.
@brega62868 ай бұрын
Suspicious rates...after the rate hikes same bill amount for several neighbors in same size apartments. On my way to science based experiments. Daily checking of usages and timing of use of all. Years ago in another area, received bill that was "impossible" as I had not been in the house for 6 weeks and had turned water heater way down and only refrigerator on. Something is not right. Because of losing food to power outages I now take picture of my freezer and frig. My trust is gone 100%.
@MichaelChengSanJose11 ай бұрын
Yeah, it’s up about 10% compared to last year. Then again, same as everything else, so no big deal. No solar and have an EV, so $239 now.
@deezee67329 ай бұрын
Do shareholders take ANY of the risk on their investment?....or does everything just filter down to the ratepayers to pay up?
@TwoStarsGamer11 ай бұрын
OG&E TRIED charging for the previous tenets bill. I raised hell and got a lawyer. $500 extra was added to my bill.
@michaeltanaka901111 ай бұрын
Clean energy bill sounds dirty.
@SeattlePioneer9 ай бұрын
Isn't it WONDERFUL how all that "cheap and abundant" renewable power affects our bills?