****UCAN ACTION
ALERT****HELP UCAN
PROTESTSDG&E’S $1.911 BILLIONREVENUE REQUEST
HOW: PLEASE COME TO THE UPCOMING
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HEARINGS ON SDG&E’S GENERAL RATE CASE BEFORE THE
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC) WHY: Your
input is important to the Commissioners and the Administrative Law Judges
because it is their job to serve the citizens of California making sure
SDG&E charges just and reasonable rates.
SDG&E is asking for
1.911 BILLION dollars to fund their operations. As SDG&E’s own
application says: “If approved, this revenue requirement would be an increase
of $133 million over the estimated 2015 revenue requirement, or a 7% increase.”
SDG&E’s application
also notes that when the impact of commodity costs and regulatory account
balances are included then even with the CPUC approving the extra $133 million
dollars in revenue requirement from 2015 to 2016 that customers would see a
monthly bill savings of .25 cents for electricity and .32 cents for gas.
UCAN
thinks the rates SDG&E charges are too high, and that SDG&E customers
could use more relief than just .25 for electricity and .32 cents for gas. UCAN
believes that SDG&E should get less so that ratepayers save more.
The Commission needs to
hear from SDG&E customers about how customers feel about the service they
get from SDG&E and what they think of SDG&E’s rates for electricity.
Even if you don’t have a
specific issue or question, just showing up lets the Commission and the Utility
know we are watching!
WHEN &
WHERE:
1, 2015, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
California Center for the
Arts, Conference Center, Salon 1 Room, 340 North Escondido
Blvd., Escondido, CA 92025
June 2,
2015, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Oceanside Public Library,
Civic Center Library Community Room, 330 North Coast
Highway, Oceanside, CA 92054
June 3,
2015, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
El Cajon City Council
Chambers, 200 Civic Center Way,
El Cajon, CA 92020
June 10,
2015, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Scottish Rite Event
Center, Square & Compass Rooms, 1895 Camino Del Rio
South, San Diego, CA 92108
General Rate Case (GRC) is the major regulatory proceeding for
California utilities, which provides the CPUC an opportunity to perform an
exhaustive examination of a utility’s operations and costs. Typically performed
every three years, the GRC allows the CPUC to conduct a broad and
detailed review of a utility’s revenues, expenses, and investments in plant and
equipment to establish an approved revenue requirement.”
The GRC is kicked off by an “application” from the Utility to the
CPUC detailing their plans, associated costs (or savings sometimes) and
resulting rate changes for which they seek approval.
Many things in the application are based on projections and forecasts from the
Utility. As anyone knows, the forecasts are only as good as the data
inputted and UCAN has serious issues with some of the forecasts used by
SDG&E.
the GRC UCAN and other consumer groups are going to be at the CPUC hearings
challenging SDG&E’s experts. It would really help us if the
Administrative Law Judges heard from SDG&E customers directly.
***** UCAN ACTION
ALERT *****