Despite recent efforts by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that restrict PG&E's tactics to stifle competition in the energy market, the corporation continues to abuse their monopoly position by undermining local efforts in Northern California to provide clean, renewable, and reliable energy.  We demand that the CPUC adopt more effective regulations to prohibit large electric utilities from engaging in illegal actions that stifle competition.

PG&E is currently engaging in direct mail, newspaper, and telephone campaigns in San Francisco and Marin County that employ scare tactics and misinformation to disparage Community Choice Aggregation (CCA).  CCA programs enable local governments to develop cleaner, renewable energy sources and ultimately stabilize consumers' electricity costs.  PG&E has a statutory obligation to cooperate with CCAs, yet is obviously doing everything in its power to prevent these programs from being successful.  Already the corporation has defeated efforts to establish a CCA in San Joaquin County.  We support Marin and San Francisco's efforts to establish CCAs and pave the way for a greener California energy supply.  The success of their programs could potentially encourage other local governments in California to follow suit and use Community Choice Aggregation to protect consumers while increasing the use of renewable energy.

Thus far, the CPUC has only taken baby steps to curb PG&E's illegal practices. In the meantime, PG&E continues to inundate consumers with attack ads and mailers about CCA programs.  San Francisco is still awaiting CPUC ruling on a petition submitted by its City Attorney in January to prohibit PG&E from engaging in such attack ads and other conduct intended to thwart CCAs. Recently, the CPUC issued a draft decision on that petition that proposes to make some further small changes to restrain PG&E, but that only gives a green light to PG&E to continue its attacks on CCA programs.  We urge the CPUC to enforce PG&E's statutory obligation to cooperate fully with CCA programs and to put a halt to PG&E's efforts to stifle competition.

Join us in telling the CPUC that California needs more stringent regulations that will protect consumers against PG&E's misinformation campaigns. Give Community Choice Aggregation a chance!

More information:

San Francisco:

San Francisco's petition to the CPUC​

CleanPowerSF website​

CleanPowerSF Facebook page