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UCAN Supports Emergency Winter 2023 Bill Relief
On January 17, 2023, UCAN filed a response with the California Public Utilities Commission supporting a motion made by the Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates) for Winter Bill Relief. In the motion, UCAN supported the request from Cal Advocates that SDG&E,...
SDG&E warns that San Diegans should expect to pay at least $20 more in January than they did compared to the same month of 2022
San Diego already has the highest average electricity price in the 48 contiguous states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In November, San Diego’s recent price was 41 cents per kilowatt-hour compared to the average price in the U.S. of 16.3 cents per...
California faces ‘high risk’ of electricity shortages in next five years
The non-profit organization certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to measure and enforce safety standards for the energy grid in the United States recently issued its annual assessment evaluating America’s grid. See: ...
California slashes incentives for new rooftop solar, promotes batteries to shift grid costs
After more than a year, the CPUC finally approved new Net Energy Metering (“NEM”) rules. The new rules — known as NEM 3.0 — include $900 million in upfront incentives for customers to pair solar with battery storage systems, with $630 million set aside for low-income...
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...
Time-of-Use Rate to Promote Electrification A.21-09-001
In this application, SDG&E is proposing a time-of-use rate with a fixed charge designed to encourage greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction by promoting electrification of behind-the-meter (BTM) technologies such as electric vehicles, energy storage units and heat pumps....