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Addressing Electricity Debt Accumulated During the COVID-19 Pandemic R.21-02-014
In February 2021, the Commission opened this rulemaking to consider whether to establish special relief programs for customers who could not pay their electricity bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the moratorium on service disconnections continues in...
Helping Customers Decarbonize and Decrease Energy Use in Homes and Businesses (R.20-08-022)
For many years, the Commission has used ratepayer funding to encourage investments in energy efficiency, demand response, building decarbonization, distributed solar, energy storage, electric vehicles and charging stations at homes and businesses. This rulemaking will...
Providing Reliable, Fast and Affordable Internet Access for All Californians (R.20-09-001)
The Commission opened this rulemaking to address the “digital divide” that became more apparent with the COVID-19 pandemic as schools and business closed and families needed access to reliable and affordable internet service at home. According to Cal. Pub. Util. Code...
Help for Low-Income Households Internet Bills
Millions of low-income Americans to get $50 subsidies for their monthly Internet bills under a Federal program that will provide a monthly discount to millions of cash-starved Americans struggling to pay their Internet bills. The first-of-its-kind emergency program...
Arrearage Management Program to Help Customers Who Have Fallen Behind Due to Covid-19
The number of Californians are falling behind on paying their utility bills is “extraordinarily frightening,” said a CPUC Commissioner. Per the Commission, more than 3.3 million residential customers have past-due bills with the amount surpassing the $1 billion mark....
San Diego Community Power has Begun Serving Municipal Energy Users
San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a community choice aggregation program began serving municipal accounts - school districts, fire stations and libraries – on March 1st. SDCP plans to add an additional 72,000 commercial and industrial customers in June and is...