PG&E pressured to remedy power bills that are shocking customers
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E and state regulators should take steps to ease the sting of soaring power bills during the winter — a surge that could be followed by even worse rate shocks this summer and next winter — a key state lawmaker demanded on Wednesday.
The requests came after wide-ranging research by the staff of state Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo County Democrat. The study determined that a new rate structure, flaws in how customer usage is tracked, higher regulator-approved power rates and a winter that chilled California, combined in a unpleasant mix to unleash bills that have skyrocketed for some customers.
“The research shows that the most vulnerable are being hit the hardest at a time when they need heating the most,” Hill said Wednesday.
The outcry over rising power bills has surfaced just weeks after PG&E was branded a convicted felon when it was sentenced for crimes it committed before and after a fatal explosion in San Bruno.
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