Notice of Public Forums | Public Participation Hearings: | PG&E’s 2027 General Rate Case | Application (A.25-05-009) |
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How can I participate? | Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) would like to hear from you. You are invited to participate in a Public Participation Hearing (PPH) about PG&E’s 2027 General Rate Case application. | At the hearing, you can make comments and raise concerns with the CPUC’s Administrative Law Judge overseeing this application. |  | Where and when will the PPHs be held? | The Public Participation Hearings will be held both in person and remotely. | |
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(IN-PERSON ONLY) | November 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. | Hugh Burns State Building | 2550 Mariposa Mall | Suite #1036 (Assembly Room) | Fresno, CA 93721 |
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For the remote PPHs, if you wish to make a public comment, please participate by phone using the phone number above and pressing *1. For in-person PPHs, sign up at the Public Advisor’s Office table at the hearing. | Your participation by providing your thoughts on PG&E’s request can help the CPUC make an informed decision. A quorum of commissioners may attend, but no decisions will be made or voted on at these hearings. | Written public comments may also be provided at any time during the proceeding in the “Public Comments” tab of the Docket Card for A.25-05-009, available at: apps.cpuc.ca.gov/c/A2505009. | Please note: The locations are ADA accessible. If you wish to attend and need specialized accommodations, such as a language interpreter, for any of these hearings, please contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office using the contact information at the end of this notice at least five business days before the PPHs you plan to attend. | Why am I receiving this notice? | On May 15, 2025, PG&E filed its 2027 General Rate Case application outlining its forecasted costs to operate, maintain, and improve its electric and gas systems. If approved by the CPUC, this proposal would result in $1.237 billion revenue increase for 2027 and additional increases of $1.014 billion (2028), $1.075 billion (2029) and $1.143 billion (2030). These funds will be used to support critical upgrades, including wildfire safety measures, clean energy expansion and grid improvements for a more reliable system. | How could this affect my monthly bill? | ELECTRIC RATES:
Based on rates in effect at the time of filing, a typical residential Non-CARE1 customer using 500 kWh per month would see an increase from $214.93 to $226.11, or 5.2% in 2027, from $226.11 to $232.99, or 3.0% in 2028, from $232.99 to $240.24, or 3.1% in 2029, and from $240.24 to $248.01, or 3.2% in 2030. | Direct Access (DA) and Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers receive electric transmission and distribution services and select CPUC-ordered services from PG&E. If this application is approved, on average, compared to rates in effect at the time of filing, rates for services provided by PG&E to these customers would increase by 8.1% in 2027, 4.4% in 2028, 4.5% in 2029 and 4.6% in 2030. DA providers and CCAs set their own generation rates. Check with your DA provider or CCA to learn how this would impact your overall bill. | Another category of nonbundled customers is Departing Load. These customers do not receive electric generation, transmission, or distribution services from PG&E. However, these customers are required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. On average, existing Departing Load customers would see a rate increase of 3.1% in 2027, 1.8% in 2028, 1.9% in 2029 and 2.1% in 2030. | Actual impacts will vary depending on usage and are subject to CPUC regulatory approval. | GAS RATES: | Based on rates in effect at the time of filing, the bill, including the average monthly climate credit, for a typical Non-CARE bundled residential customer averaging 31 therms per month would decrease from $83.86 to $83.32, or -0.6% in 2027, and then increase from $83.32 to $86.38, or 3.7% in 2028, from $86.38 to $89.63, or 3.8% in 2029, and from $89.63 to $92.94, or 3.7% in 2030. | Actual impacts will vary depending on usage and are subject to CPUC regulatory approval. | How does the rest of this process work? | This application has been assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge who will consider proposals and evidence presented during the formal hearing process. The Administrative Law Judge will issue a proposed decision that may adopt PG&E’s application, modify it, or deny it. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting. | Parties to the proceeding will review PG&E’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit PublicAdvocates.cpuc.ca.gov. |
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Where can I get more information? | Contact PG&E | If you have questions about PG&E’s filing, please contact PG&E at 1-800-743-5000 | | For TTY, call 711. | | If you would like an electronic copy of the filing and exhibits, please write to the address below: | | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | | 2027 General Rate Case Application | | (A.25-05-009) | | P.O. Box 1018 | | Oakland, CA 94604-1018 | | More information, including PG&E’s application and supporting documents, is available at pge.com/grc. | Contact the CPUC | | For additional information and any updates on the hearings, please visit cpuc.ca.gov/pph. | | If you have questions about CPUC processes, you may contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office at: | | Email: Public.Advisor@cpuc.ca.gov | | Phone: 1-866-849-8390 (toll-free) or 1-415-703-2074 | Mail: CPUC Public Advisor’s Office
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102 | | Please reference the PG&E 2027 GRC Application A.25-05-009 in any communications you have with the CPUC regarding this matter. |
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And nobody's fighting agains't this. In the 1980s I was paying 7 1/2 cents a kwh. Then they went to tier pricing and prices skyrocketed . They always get their way because they get what the liberal overlords in the PUC want. NOBODY IS GOING TO SAVE US. Go solar if you can.
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