FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Skyrocketing PG&E bills, but who is to blame? In our continuing coverage, Action News tries to find that answer.
PG&E is pointing the finger at utility regulators, but elected officials say the utility could do more to fight for consumers.
Turning up the thermostat, totally shutting off the AC, and sitting in the dark people in the Valley Action News spoke to said they’ve done everything to lower their PG&E bill only to face larger and larger bills.
“My last bill, I just got it a couple of days ago, it was $483. It was like, ‘Are you kidding?’ A 1,000 square feet, tiny two-bedroom,” said Rebeca Rangel, PG&E customer.
“Where is this double coming from? Like I said, I have the A/C set at 78/79,” said Megan Antijunti, PG&E Customer.
“We don’t run our AC as much as we would like, we don’t run our dryer, we put up …