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PG&E seeks $16.6 billion in 2027 general rate case; CPUC schedules prehearing conference for July 3
Summary
Pacific Gas & Electric Company filed its 2027 general rate case asking for a $16.6 billion test‑year revenue requirement and presented a post‑filing workshop to the California Public Utilities Commission Energy Division on May 29, 2024. PG&E and CPUC staff outlined the case schedule, scope and next procedural steps.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed its 2027 general rate case on May 15 and presented a post‑filing workshop to the California Public Utilities Commission Energy Division on May 29, 2024, asking for a $16,600,000,000 test‑year revenue requirement. Ken Arnold, PG&E lead case manager, said the request is “an 8% increase compared to our 2026 adopted revenues” and that, on its own, the company’s filing represents “an average bill increase of about 3.5%.”
The workshop was hosted by the CPUC Energy Division and moderated by Jamie Lau, senior utility engineer and rate‑case coordinator for the CPUC. Administrative Law Judge John Larson told attendees the assigned commissioner is John Reynolds and that the prehearing conference will be scheduled for July 3, 2024. The parties were told the procedural schedule will be set by the assigned ALJ and the commission’s scoping memo, expected in mid‑August.
PG&E presented an overview of the 11 exhibits that comprise the filing and explained that the company is seeking attrition‑year increases of 6.1% for 2028–2030. Arnold told attendees the filing is intended to stabilize bills while funding programs to improve safety and reliability across gas and electric operations for about 16 million customers in PG&E’s service territory.
Workshop presenters said the filing remains subject to change through the formal CPUC process and identified the next milestones: the 30‑day protest window as set by the CPUC calendar, the prehearing conference in early July, and subsequent scoping and testimony dates. The workshop materials and testimony were announced as publicly available through PG&E’s and the CPUC’s case portals.
No formal commission action was taken at the workshop; presenters and ALJs clarified that the session was informational and that formal decisions will follow the administrative process.
