Check out how much PG&E is raising your rates—and what you can do about it!
You’ve probably seen the headlines about PG&E’s massive proposed rate hikes—estimated at more than $35 every month for the typical customer, or over $400 a year!
Check out these recent headlines:
"Feeling sticker shock from your latest PG&E bill? It could only get worse from here” PG&E To Hike Energy Bills—on Top of Already Sky-High Rates (The San Francisco Standard)
"Pacific Gas and Electric wants to increase charges for its average residential customers—retroactive to Jan. 1—with steep climbs over the next three years.” PG&E could raise your bill significantly this year (San Francisco Examiner)
"Customers who aren't enrolled in PG&E's public assistance programs may see [even bigger increases].” The average PG&E bill may soon be going up a shocking $35 a month (SF Gate)
San Franciscans are already paying PG&E too much for too little. And after two bankruptcies in the last two decades, PG&E is getting ready to put even more of their costs on the backs of ratepayers.
The Good News: There’s a better way! Shifting to public power is better for San Francisco, better for PG&E, and better for ratepayers:
Safe and Reliable: The City has been providing clean power for over 100 years—and San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy and CleanPowerSF programs already provide over 70% of the electricity consumed in the City.
Affordable: Public power means lower rates—because unlike PG&E, the City doesn’t need ratepayers to fund Wall Street profits or bonuses for corporate executives.
Clean and Green: Locally controlled public power is 100% clean—aligned with San Francisco values in order to meet the city’s climate goals.
PG&E keeps giving San Francisco reasons to make a change. San Francisco has offered PG&E $2.5 billion to purchase the local grid, and we’re ready to take the next step toward public power. It’s time for San Francisco to control its energy destiny.
It’s Our City. It’s Our Power.
Join us and support the shift to a safer, cleaner, and more affordable power system. Sign up for updates, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and learn more at publicpowersf.org
