Customers of California's two largest utilities who use the most electricity will pay much more to run canneries, tumble laundry or water crops under a tiered rate plan implementing record hikes approved in March.
The rate plan proposed Wednesday by Loretta Lynch, president of the state Public Utilities Commission, suggests how the record rate hikes should be allocated among residential, industrial, commercial and agricultural customers.
Residential customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co. who use the most electricity would face average rate hikes of 35-40 percent, said Paul Clanon, director of the PUC's energy division. The increases do not affect customers of San Diego Gas and Electric Co.
And industrial users, such as factories and food processors, could face hikes of 50 percent or more as the state desperately tries to start recouping the $5.2 billion it already has paid to buy power for customers of those financially ailing utilities.
But, under Lynch's plan, as many as half of the 9 million customers of PG&E and SoCal Edison would not see their bills rise at all.
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Palm ave. is an industrial area where many residents feel is more appropriate. Thank you Lisa for your work on this very important issue.
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