The California Public Utilities Fee authorized a 13% PG&E fee hike Thursday that can cross into impact Jan. 1.
The corporate mentioned the higher charges will assist them transfer energy strains underground.
All the way through the assembly, CPUC Commissioner John Reynolds mentioned he’s assured shoppers gets better hearth protection out of the rise.
However mentioned PG&E nonetheless has a protracted method to cross to end up it’s worthy of the funding.
“Handing over day in and time out yr after yr is the way in which you construct again agree with along with your shoppers and with the fee,” mentioned Reynolds. “You will not construct again that agree with with ads and rhetoric.”
The speed build up is part of what PG&E asked.
The utilities fee mentioned the common buyer pays an additional $30 to $35 extra per thirty days for his or her electrical energy.