Ignoring hundreds of complaints by electricity customers from across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to fundamentally change how electricity is billed by adding a new monthly fixed fee. In return for paying a mandatory $24.15 fee each month, consumers will pay a lower rate for each kilowatt of power they use. The commissioners, who are appointed by the governor, sided with the state’s three largest utilities by approving the proposal. They said by...
The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday killed a highly watched bill that would have required legislators to study and review a controversial new electric charge recently approved by the Newsom administration. The committee members didn’t discuss their concerns about the bill known as AB 1999 or why they decided to stop the bill from proceeding. In a roll call, two Democratic committee members — Timothy Grayson of Concord and Gail Pellerin of Santa Cruz — voted for the bill. The rest...
The dreariness of "May gray" hangs in the air, but soon enough people will be turning on their fans to fend off the heat. And as the temperature rises, so will electric bills. As early as next year, though, the increase won't be so pronounced for customers of Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric. At least, that's the goal of a new approach to electricity rates adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission. Your results, however, will depend on...
Every electronic appliance you use costs you money. You can save a little of that money by substituting another power source: yourself, using hand-powered appliances.
(Inside California Politics) — Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss a number of topics including the CPUC's decision to approve a plan that would add a flat fee to electricity bills, concerns surrounding gas price gouging and an effort to protect Californians living near oil and gas []
On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow the state's utility providers to add a
A disciple of Mother Teresa is not the CEO of PG&E. It’s Patricia “Patti” Pope. She was brought in to “save” the money machine.
Comedian and actor Bill Burr recently appeared on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast and the famed Boston native used a majority of the airtime to undress and dismantle virtually everything Maher said. Whether he was discussing the conflict in the Middle East, flying private vs. commercial, or fashion choices, Burr is clearly antithetical to Maher’s whole shtick […]
Clinton ‘was a really good stand-up. This cat’s pretty good with the spoken word’
Bill Maher and Bill Burr are calling for Louis C.K.'s cancelation to be over and done with arguing the comedian has been exiled from Hollywood long enough. The two comics addressed cancel culture during Maher's latest "Club Random" podcast --…
Comedian Louis C.K. was blacklisted from Hollywood in 2017. He admitted to several incidents of sexual misconduct at the time, including accusations that he masturbated in front of female comics. A number of appearances and projects featuring C.K. were canceled soon after, in which he essentially lost millions of dollars. Now Bill Burr and Bill []