PG&E customers stunned by first bills since rate hikes

Some Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers are up in arms after seeing their recent bills. Ian Cull reports.
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[@owlcu]

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-mm7gb]

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.

[@dfirth224]

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.

[@tombaja4.9]

How much is the nap truck?

[@LUribe408]

It’s insane, went from 100’s to 350’s. I got a bill of $500 one time, so upsetting!

[@roundearth4024]

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.

[@xcqematic1]

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%

[@briananderson4355]

Fuck the demonRat party .

[@jarvis3948]

And their ceo gets paid 50 million.. How about she takes friggen pay cut!

[@Likeaworm]

lol so you can have 5 bucks off your bill?

[@marimari-vw8ht]

yes I agree

[@BlacksRuinEverything]

CEO makes 12 million.

[@jarvis3948]

@@BlacksRuinEverything fact checked you are correct. Still quite a salary!

[@jackchoy6969]

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.

[@bayareathrasher666]

PG&E and Xfinity have got to go!!!!

[@TheUtuber999]

They need to be broken up, just like Ma Bell in the 70s.

[@L0ckeness]

criminals.

[@AresWing314]

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.

[@roundearth4024]

lmao investors in PG&E have been getting destroyed.

[@JRcomments]

@@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.

[@dalesuhre6522]

PG&E stock dividend only paid $0.01 per share

[@JRcomments]

@@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.

[@jamesrios5522]

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.

[@timedj9164]

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!!

[@Wakeen510]

I wish people would stop quote it’s literally not that in the dictionary

[@user-oz9fs1xs9u]

Suggest protest in Sacramento, that is where the crazy is centered.

[@calisingh7978]

Yet Europe yet had their rates jacked and open boarders for two decades. Protesting achieved nothing..

[@mark99k]

@@Wakeen510 It's a saying, not a definition.

[@mark99k]

The CPUC approved this hike, not the governor.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

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.

[@opaldix]

They'll watch it and laugh because they don't care about you... only your money.

[@lettyamaya5891]

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

[@manualman6252]

Well said !

[@tannerfaust433]

The problem goes back decades…

[@zz-.-]

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?????

[@manualman6252]

It's the Democrats

[@zz-.-]

@@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.

[@maylani3697]

The word “corruption” comes to mind.

[@jamesmancusi6747]

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!

[@venuvegi]

Typically we pay $52 this month we are paying $205. Insane

[@ryder4508]

That makes no sense. That's 400%.

[@marimari-vw8ht]

robbery

[@chitownmo]

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.

[@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211]

Nailed it

[@offensivearch]

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.

[@phillipchan6919]

Good citizens just become sheep or fishes.

[@calisingh7978]

Nothing about convenience, they love mass human harvests

[@chitownmo]

@@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.

[@tuber6382]

Gavin needs more of your money

[@markmaz56]

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!

[@unounv]

They are all here to squeeze you till you pop! Middle class is a thing of the past!

[@briananderson4355]

Has been for a while..

[@delfinney1281]

Bidenomics

[@jamesrios5522]

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-it6im]

Preach…. CA residents are just flat out dumb!

[@visittavee7773]

Me too from $50 to now $191.more .

[@haveanicedave1551]

We went from $0 since solar panels installed, to $10 during the winter, and last bill jumped to $162.

[@marimari-vw8ht]

we should protest

[@RacerX1971]

Lol...then you plug in your EV..

[@dfirth224]

Last summer the state told EV owners to not charge their cars because there was not enough electricity for everyone.

[@imzjustplayin]

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__Raptor]

Go green they say 😂

[@kimmer6]

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.

[@thuggoe]

thats chilly for cali where are you located

[@kimmer6]

@@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.

[@thuggoe]

@@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

[@tbarnum6315]

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.

[@kimmer6]

@@tbarnum6315 WOW! That is nuts! I see a day coming where people will start burning old bus tires and railroad ties to stay warm.

[@grahamimal8336]

Make PGE pay not taxpayers!

[@MarkJensen-se8nn]

Re: Make PGE pay not -taxpayers!- rate payers! .....much better. Retail consumers ALWAYS pay the price. Not commercial. Regards -

[@christhompson6010]

@@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-se8nn]

@@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-se8nn]

@@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-se8nn]

@@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 -

[@poodlescone9700]

Here is a thought: STOP SHUTTING DOWN POWER PLANTS!

[@dfirth224]

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.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

duh duncey not the problem make energy public, not private no shareholders no fucking need for profit duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christhompson6010]

@@michaelhoffman5486 these idiots are just trolling state governor has little to no control over privet companies and what they can charge

[@jessebfly]

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.

[@roundearth4024]

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.

[@DarqJestor]

It's greed and capitalism driving this, not liberalism.

[@imzjustplayin]

no, it's letting a electrical grid get deferred maintenance for 20+ years that caused this.@@DarqJestor

[@noazucar519]

I’m pretty sure you’re looking for the word “capitalism.” Pursuit of profits over anything else.

[@JRcomments]

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.

[@DogMomCMF]

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!

[@dalesuhre6522]

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.

[@jake1110]

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.

[@chitownmo]

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.

[@thuggoe]

are they doing that

[@MarkJensen-se8nn]

You want to sit in the dark?

[@ryder4508]

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.

[@rgs4x]

It's going to pay their Canadian CEO $50 MILLION dollars! Along with their endless commercials.

[@TT-rg6yc]

Seriously, why the hell is the ceo pay in the millions?

[@marimari-vw8ht]

CEO should be resign

[@BlacksRuinEverything]

@@TT-rg6yc 12 million a year

[@yourmissingsock556boop3]

You had your chance to recall Newsom, but you said nah. You get what you voted for.

[@manualman6252]

Yep !

[@Milesco]

I'm no fan of "Governor Nuisance", but the Republican alternatives were even worse!

[@Couch_Coach_Karen]

Greezy Gav changed all the voting laws right before the election, we don't have free and fair elections in CA

[@Einsteinbomb]

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.

[@Liberalcali]

But you keep voting democrats and Newsom you have a serious disconnect from reality

[@user-oz9fs1xs9u]

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.

[@Einsteinbomb]

​@@user-oz9fs1xs9u 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.

[@eddiemelikian2440]

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.

[@calisingh7978]

Its federal and state mandate from the un agenda 2030

[@celebrityrog]

No. These policies are part of deregulation. California needs to go back to regulation of utilities.

[@dalesuhre6522]

​@@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.

[@briananderson4355]

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 .

[@krjourneyfan78]

It’s called fascism when government and private industry collude like this.

[@randallanno2327]

PG&E would like to thank Gavin Newsom for helping them increase the rate

[@9liveslisa]

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.

[@ryder4508]

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.

[@9liveslisa]

@@ryder4508 Yep

[@shrimboi8909]

Y'all should vote to unPRIVATIZED PG&E. A few very wealthy investors are raking in big time while footing the bills to customers.

[@user-oz9fs1xs9u]

Right- government does a great job! PGE is only doing what Sacramento, CPUC and CARB tell them.

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Ahhhh, just keeps getting better and better in the liberal tragic comedy called California. Voting has consequences.

[@jeffreykreiley7265]

I always click onto any California news. It’s all the entertainment I need.

[@magicunicorn6535]

My bill went from around $45 to over $150. And I'm on the C.A.R.E. low-income rate plan.

[@charliehuang1252]

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. 😢

[@noazucar519]

I noticed that my allocation for Tier 1 has dropped! I only heat up the room I’m using when I’m in the house, yet they think I could do with less energy than previous years???

[@Garth2011]

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?

[@tannerfaust433]

Incompetence

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

Who are the regulators?

[@kimmer6]

In Gavin's pocket.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Gavins personal yes men.

[@pixelsofdeath]

lol, who'd you think was really going to pay that $45mil for the dixie fire

[@rubenestrada7095]

PG&E shareholders are laughing😂 A bored of unelected officials has us by the balls 😮 ouch

[@jamesrios5522]

Hmmm And who appointed these officials ?? I wonder🤔

[@kevin-jb5jw]

newsom is the ring leader of pge and the public does not see it. he placed all the board member to the cpuc.

[@dpharr100]

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

[@justachipn3039]

👍👍

[@jjk2one]

it's all a con on the commoners the noble lie and illusion of choice

[@imzjustplayin]

Electricity is expensive in California not because of solar but because of deferred grid maintenance for the last 20+ years.

[@The_Lord_has_it]

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.

[@jake1110]

@@imzjustplayin It certainly does add variability into the equation though.

[@elfenvine]

We depend on wood for heat, left for 2 wks w heat set at 60. Our bill was highest ever at 200. Horrible

[@Speed0b0y]

375. I live by myself and heat my place to 69 degrees for like 2 hours a night then turn off the heat.

[@donttrip4069]

This is Hell

[@henr0les]

Funny to ask but does it mean that when they are done with grounding the lines our bills will go back down?

[@briananderson4355]

Ha ha.. ha.. that's a good one

[@jackieadams1061]

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.

[@adrianjamesNEWS]

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?

[@mrgauges9065]

I have no idea how regular people can survive in California

[@phototristan]

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.

[@PigRipperLAW]

I pay on average $400. It’s totally unfair.

[@dextersamson8286]

With that BLM avatar you should be paying triple that.

[@chuckpolage9891]

Funny story! Have Centerpoint in southern Indiana, no bill is less than $200 per month.

[@Steven-mm7gb]

blankets are good for fighting climate change, stop being selfish and turn down your thermostats and bundle up , do some sit ups etc.Do your part and keep quite. and dont forget some of the extra costs on your bill are helping the needy stay warm.

[@Cori-se9ww]

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_lB]

Check with metro, there doing a special on wifi

[@jillbelas7266]

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.

[@jake1110]

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.

[@jillbelas7266]

@@jake1110 But that's the thing. If you look online the population hasn't growed from 2017 to 2022 in Los Angeles County.

[@tannerfaust433]

@@jillbelas7266 I don’t think LA uses PG&E however.

[@jackchoy6969]

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."

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that approves the rate hikes every single time!

[@rjframe4410]

perhaps its time to tell newsom this isnt ok

[@hollyshaw-elliemae]

Ours was 550. It's 500 last month. Out of control

[@ericdew2021]

Got my bill a week ago. Was $29.

[@ragheadand420roll]

YOU VOTED FOR THIS

[@maxmulsanne7054]

There's ORT (organized retail theft) and then there's these guys... San Bruno CA, Paradise CA, etc... etc...

[@madbug1965]

PG&E strikes back!!

[@cbarnes2160]

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.

[@mdhh7859]

$700 this month 😢😢😢

[@kvasir119]

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.

[@araliu1443]

I paid $206 last Nov. 2023. The previous was $136 from a regular $37. If that is last year, what would be this 2024? 😅

[@artworkbysteve1]

My bill more then doubled and i dont have natural gas 300.00 to 743.00. 27% increase? my ass.

[@carlosavila7635]

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

[@imzjustplayin]

Either a bad meter or some other issue.

[@RickStorni]

I am sure the top brass at PG&E got a hefty pay raise and bonus with this rate increase too.

[@GodChild-um3zq]

We are in fresno without solar and paying about 700 a month right now and 1200 in the summer

[@junosiu4118]

How did the rate hike get approved?

[@ryder4508]

Corruption.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Isn't it WONDERFUL how all that "cheap and abundant" renewable power affects our bills?

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

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.

[@derekm.]

“Government” tells you how much water to use, how much electricity to use…… controlling gasoline prices and food prices.

[@brega6286]

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%.

[@billmoeller8897]

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.

[@hoam.4853]

2 years ago. I was paying ~$0.30 kWH, now I'm paying $0.63 kWH

[@TwoStarsGamer]

OG&E TRIED charging for the previous tenets bill. I raised hell and got a lawyer. $500 extra was added to my bill.

[@johnf8877]

“That money will go to stockholders”. Best rate plan=bend over and grab your ankles.

[@aka-.-1981]

someone make a petition so we can vote governor newsom out of here

[@marthabarrera2542]

Omg I have my bill for $900 it look like triple the amount I used to pay

[@AL20199]

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😡

[@edmurray2386]

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-it6im]

Newsom is an idiot

[@keithhupp5995]

I live in idaho i pay 1/4 the amount i did in California. Leave California its robbery.

[@deezee6732]

Do shareholders take ANY of the risk on their investment?....or does everything just filter down to the ratepayers to pay up?

[@sj408blacknteal]

Is a cover to upgrade the power grid for those EV charging stations

[@zombieapocalypse3837]

California Public Utilities Commission approves 13% PG&E rate hike The utilities commission said the average customer will pay an extra $30 to $35 more per month for their electricity The California Public Utilities Commission approved a 13% PG&E rate hike Thursday that will go into effect Jan. 1. Kris Sanchez reports. The California Public Utilities Commission approved a 13% PG&E rate hike Thursday that will go into effect Jan. 1. The company said the increased rates will help them move power lines underground. During the meeting, CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds said he is confident customers will get greater fire safety out of the increase.

[@Jackdawfool]

This is criminal

[@darylnd]

So we're supposed to accept higher bills yet, once we've been forced into all-electric homes and all-electric cars?

[@Leann68]

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. 😢

[@chrisc-rc2og]

Keep voting for crooks that help other corrupt crooks . PG&E whole board needs to be in prison

[@VanisleGirl1961]

How the hell are we supposed to live?! Use less energy... yeah well we already do. It's crazy.

[@msrktmrider]

What can you do.... 🤔 vote differently

[@thuggoe]

oh heck no

[@tamaradaniels5808]

I'M PISSED THIS IS CRAZY 🤬

[@zyl23]

Yea! My bill went up by 70$!!! I ddnt even use heater!!! Wtf