Many electric customers to see changes to California bills

(The Center Square) – Pacific Gas & Electric customers are going to see changes to their electricity rates starting in March, according to an email to a PG&E customer obtained by The Center Square.

The email said a “base services charge” will change what some PG&E customers will pay every month in California. PG&E serves the northern and central portions of the state.

It isn’t a new charge, according to PG&E, but it is what the company is using to describe certain charges, including fees for start-up connection, energy programs, call center services and billing service charges.

Those fees were previously included in customers’ bills, but are now being rolled into the base services charge, the PG&E email said.

That charge will be $25.15 a month, according to information sent by PG&E. Instituting the rate will reduce the cost of electricity anywhere from 5 to 7 cents per kilowatt hour, according to PG&E documents sent to The Center Square.

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