The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) independent consumer unit, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), took a few punches Friday at the state’s major private-sector utilities, saying they aren’t doing enough to curb the rising numbers of customer shutoffs for nonpayment. The action followed a six-hour, CPUC-hosted workshop last Tuesday in San Francisco.
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CPUC Consumer Unit: Southwest Gas Seeking Too Much
The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) is recommending changes in three general rate case requests by Southwest Gas Corp., it said Thursday. Southwest serves the fringe mountain and desert areas in eastern California.
CPUC Consumer Unit Wants $180M Cut From Sempra Utility Rates
The independent consumer unit at the California Public Utilities Commission, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), July 5 released a recommendation to slash by $180 million the retail rates of Sempra Energy’s two California utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E). An administrative law judge will later make a separate recommendation in the case.
CPUC Consumer Unit Wants $180M Cut From Sempra Utility Rates
The independent consumer unit at the California Public Utilities Commission, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), Thursday released a recommendation to slash by $180 million the retail rates of Sempra Energy’s two California utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E). An administrative law judge will later make a separate recommendation in the case.
SoCalGas Signs $26 Million in Energy Efficiency Deals
Reflecting the continuing race in California to stay out front on energy efficiency through massive ratepayer-funded programs, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. Tuesday announced it has recently signed contracts totaling $26 million with outside providers to expand residential and small business energy efficiency programs through 2008.
SoCalGas Signs $26 Million in Energy Efficiency Deals
Reflecting the continuing race in California to stay out front on energy efficiency through massive ratepayer-funded programs, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. Tuesday announced it has recently signed contracts totaling $26 million with outside providers to expand residential and small business energy efficiency programs through 2008.
New Jersey Approves Gas Rate Hikes For Three Utilities
Siding with New Jersey Ratepayer Advocate Blossom Peretz’spleadings for moderation, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities(BPU) at a special meeting last week granted provisional approvalto three utilities for minimum requested rate increases that wouldpass on the rising commodity cost of natural gas.
Southwest-Oneok Merger Moving Ahead
Southwest Gas Corp., Oneok Inc. and the Office of RatepayerAdvocates (ORA), the consumer advocacy arm of the California PublicUtilities Commission (CPUC), have submitted a joint recommendationto the CPUC that the proposed merger of Southwest and Oneok beapproved.