PG&E Rates Could Go Up Again as It Aims to Spend More on Connecting New Customers

Source: KQED  |  By Katie DeBenedetti

Electricity rates could be going up again if PG&E’s most recent request for a spending increase is accepted by California regulators. The request follows three temporary rate increases over the past year and a much larger general rate adjustment approved in 2023. PG&E’s rates have doubled over the past decade, which it says is the result of its heightened need to mitigate wildfires and handle repairs after increasingly severe storms.

“What that’s going to do, if the PUC agrees with it, is it’s going to be another rate increase for PG&E customers,” says Lee Trotman, a spokesperson for the Utility Reform Network, or TURN.