I'm SO shocked (not) that the CPUC approved PG&E's request to DOUBLE the "Exit Fees"! SO, even AFTER the board was shown to be corrupt and controlled by PG&E, NOTHING HAS CHANGED??? SO PG&E STILL basically CONTROLS the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that is there to PROTECT THE PUBLIC (notice that in the title?) but instead is BOUGHT-AND-PAID-FOR by PG&E??? PG&E is CORRUPT on SO MANY LEVELS!!!

I went solar a little over 2 years ago and it has been a good thing. I have been paying fees of nearly $5/mo to PG&E for connection to the grid and now I believe that has been raised to $10/mo. Now if we go to this alternative energy source, will I have to pay the connection to the grid fee to PG&E plus the CCE fees? This seems to make my solar less of a good deal and push out the payback time. I just wonder if this has been completely thought out especially for those of us who plunked down our hard earned cash to go solar. Thanks.

@BT Just curious, are you "net zero" or better with your electricity? I assume you are net metered. PG&E is trying to get the rules changed around their net metering prices for new customers.

When will the CPUC's conflict of interest connection to PG&E be severed and the board of directors fired? Governor Brown needs to take aim at this problem.

I understand that you can opt-out of the new CCE plan. I fully intend to do this because I have solar on my roof. I am very satisfied with PG&E, the electric is almost always on and I have never experienced gas outage. I believe that PG&E is making a good effort to fix their gas line records. Local people know that they are making a big effort to ensure that the lines are safe. They have had to remove vegetation over the lines.

The Fat Cats on top. (PGE) and CPUC are married. And hell will freeze over if any of you powerless normal folks are going to come between them.
Wake up again folks.
Once you get the taste of money and good living, you will do everything to hold on to it.

If PG&E has been in this business for decades or perhaps even a century, why do the local politicians think that they can do a better job? Why do governments always scope creep?

That monthly (and perpetual?) "exit" fee sounds much like alimony for PG&E and the result of a bad prenup agreement set by the CPUC.

If these exit fees are really to pay for power contracts going into the future, then the new CCE's should have the option to continue to purchase power from PGE, for the duration of each contract and phase in their own power as each contract expires without having to pay ANY exit fees. This should be open-book to show what contracts exist and the CPUC should stand with the community to insure this. It means change won't happen overnight, but it works within the existing system.

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