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CalMatters Commentary - While advocates of regulating prices for consumer services and commodities say the practice protects the public, there’s a flip side of also protecting the the finances of

PG&E was fined $1 million recently by state regulators who concluded that a fire in the Sierra foothills two years ago was sparked by the careless bungling and...

PG&E rates will increase Jan. 1, 2024 following the California Public Utilities Commission’s approval of PG&E’s 2023-26 General Rate Case on Thursday.

A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power outage in Calaveras County impacted more than 3,500 customers for a period on Saturday.

State regulators voted to approve a rate hike that will affect monthly bills for PG&E customers. The CPUC says the proposal is needed to reduce risk of wildfires in the state and strengthen California’s power grid and pipelines.

Monthly bills for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers will climb even higher next year after California regulators on Thursday unanimously approved allowing the utility giant to increase its rates

PG&E will increase rates for electric and gas bills for about 16 million people in California to help fund long-term plans for reducing wildfire threats.

This after, on average, rates have increased by nearly $100 in the last eight years.

During a delay ahead of a state panel's vote to unleash higher monthly PG&E bills, the utility leviathan quietly lobbied regulators about plans that may enrich shareholders as customers endure higher rates.

Alan Marling, Livermore