DID YOUR BILL INCREASE?

Did your SDG&E Bill Soar? Like so many other SDG&E customers, were you outraged by the price hike in your latest SDG&E bill?  As UCAN profiled in our recent newsletter (insert link), SDG&E gas prices rose by nearly 25% while electricity rates increased...

PG&E Continues to be Bad for California

 A Federal Judge concluded that “PG&E has gone on a crime spree and will emerge from probation as a continuing menace to California.” The Judge has overseen the company’s probation since its conviction of crimes connected to a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion...

San Diego Battery Storage Project

 A 44 battery storage system project was just announced for San Diego County.  A project location will be built in El Cajon and another location will be rolled out in Chula Vista.  The goal is to add more emissions-free energy to California’s electric grid.  When...

Power Grid and Climate Change

 As SDG&E customers saw in January, various factors play out in influencing the electric power grid – and its costs.  Per a recent study, the electric power grid is heavily influenced by weather patterns, heat waves and dwindling water supplies. Climate change may...

Jason Zeller has over thirty years of professional experience in public utility regulation, including experience in all of the industries regulated by the CPUC. Previously he served as an Assistant General Counsel at the Commission for twelve years and was a staff counsel for six years. Jason is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and New York Law School. He also holds a Master’s in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from The New School. He is an active member of the California State Bar Association.