PG&E customers are hammered by insanely high rates. Is no one looking out for them?

Source: The Tribune  |  By McClatchy California Editorial Boards

Another big rate increase will hit PG&E customers next year, making California — already the most expensive state in the Union — even less affordable. As recently as Nov. 16, the commission unanimously approved a 13% rate increase for PG&E gas and electric customers, which will add $32.50 to the average bill. Lower-income households that quality for the utility’s CARE program will pay around $21 more per month.

TURN, The Utility Reform Network, suggests putting a cap on rate increases; tie them to the rise in the consumer price index, for example.“It is not sustainable to have the sky be the limit,” TURN Executive Director Mark Toney said.