Yes, BUT....
They settled out of court with the various counties, avoiding the criminal charges. Criminal charges cannot be recovered by raising rates. Settlements can, so what if they settled for "Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has reached settlements totaling $55 million with authorities from six Northern California counties regarding the 2019 Kincade Fire and 2021 Dixie Fire, the utility announced Monday. Apr 12, 202"
They can and did raise their rates to recover that fine/fee/bribe, what ever you want to call it. CPUC is now also looking at changing the solar methodology with how PGE deals with residential solar. First, they are going to charge solar customers to 'store' their unused electric power instead of banking it at the prevailing rate. Then they "buy" at the 3 cents per Kwh bulk rate and sell it back to you, the solar customer at the prevailing residential rate, based on time-of-day, upwards of 35 cents a Kwh. Then they are going to charge a fee for using their infrastructure to ship your generated solar that they paid you 3 cents for to them and 35 cents back to you. In a nutshell, solar will generate a larger revenue for PGE than regular residential customers. As a residential solar customer of PGE, you will pay more each month if you have solar than if you didn't. Several folks jumped onto installing batteries and going off grid. But PGE locked that up too. You MUST pay a minimum fee to PGE even if you are not using their power. It's not an option. Something like $10 a month, 30 cents a day I think is what my bill shows I am charged.
These guys are on fire, (sic) have the CPUC in their court and are in position to reap huge profits all while avoiding criminal charges including all the deaths caused by their equipment and business practices.[/QUOT
Interesting!! Great information!
Working my whole career in the electric distribution side there has been many changes because of more demand etc...