CPUC commissioner Genevieve Shiroma and administrative law judge Marcelo Poirier preside over a public hearing in Escondido on regional electricity rates on Nov. 6, 2023.
Residential, industrial and agricultural users pay a certain percentage of the total revenue the utility is permitted to raise. So do outdoor lighting, small, medium and large commercial operations.But CPUC commissioner Genevieve Shiroma got an earful about high electricity prices, solar energy, billing and flat income-based utility fees.
The California Public Advocates Office says SDG&E electricity rates have more than doubled in the past decade, rising 105% between Jan. 2014 to Sept. 2023.