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Riverbank residents urge council to explore switching away from PG&E amid rising bills
Summary
Residents described steep year-over-year electricity bill increases, urged the council to petition the CPUC to shift service to Modesto Irrigation District or consider a community choice aggregator, and asked staff to research options; council members expressed support for opening the conversation.
Several Riverbank residents used the public-comment period on March 12 to urge the City Council to investigate alternatives to Pacific Gas & Electric, citing sharply rising bills and asking the council to petition the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to consider moving the area to Modesto Irrigation District (MID) or to explore a community choice aggregation (CCA).
"I paid $319 for that electricity for that bill,"…
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