These conversations are monitored by the California Public Utilities Commission. The Commission is a group of 5 who are appointed by the Governor of California.
"If handled incorrectly, California's policy goals could result in rate and bill increases, that would make our policy goals more difficult to achieve and could result in overall energy bills being un-affordable for Californians," said Commissioner Houck. "The revenue requirement for PPP has increased about 140% over the past decade, about 9% each year," explains Scott Crider."So by taking this action we could remove more than 350 million dollars in annual costs and reduce system costs by 6%. So what does that mean for the average family in San Diego? We could actually save about 90 dollars a year in bill savings."