Four PG&E Rate Hikes in 2024; Is the CPUC Doing its Job?

Source: Fox26 Fresno  |  By Liz Gonzalez

PG&E customers have seen their rates rise four times in 2024. Each of those rate increases has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission.

“Absolutely the focus should be on the CPUC because they’re the decision makers,” says Mark Toney, Executive Director of The Utility Reform Network—or TURN. Toney has been working for more than a decade, advocating for changes on utility rates and changes at the CPUC. He’s calling for greater transparency from commissioners. He's asking they publicly discuss rate hikes as an Agenda Item in meetings, rather than the Consent Calendar—where items are batched together and decided with a simple yes or no vote, with no discussion.