rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/roll-back-the-cpuc-attack-on-our-communities?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-roll-back-the-cpuc-attack-on-our-communities' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> California Alliance for Community Energy https://actionnetwork.org/groups/california-alliance-for-community-energy-2 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/120/317/normal/CACE_-_logo.jpg Action Alert -- Roll back the CPUC attack on our communities! California’s devastating wildfires set the stage for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to provide PGE a $6 billion bailout assist. Next, the CPUC will pass tens of billions in fire liability costs onto the public—propping up a monopoly utility the courts have found to be criminally negligent. These actions are just the latest in a long line of CPUC failures to protect the interests of the people of California. They also coincide with the CPUC's latest attack—in a long string of attacks—on Community Choice energy, the state's expanding alternative to the monopoly utility model. The CPUC recently approved a huge increase in a fee charged to the 11 million customers of Community Choice energy programs. The fee, called the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), makes Community Choice customers pay for “departing load” costs incurred by the monopoly utilities. These costs are due to above-market prices the utilities have voluntarily and unnecessarily paid for electricity, which they then sell at a loss whenever customers switch to more attractive Community Choice programs. Because the PCIA covers these losses, the utilities have no incentive to do better. In other words, the PCIA effectively shields the utilities from having to compete with Community Choice programs. The result: Community Choice customers are saddled with PCIA charges, and utility customers get over-priced electricity. This is the kind of mismanagement the CPUC is supposed to prevent, not promote. Both the fire liability bailout and the PCIA fee hike reflect the CPUC's regulatory approach: socializing losses and privatizing profits. This approach rewards the state's three private monopoly utilities, while threatening our state's best option for the clean energy future we need, Community Choice agencies. Can you pass this invitation on to your organization, so we can join forces in this action? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/roll-back-the-cpuc-attack-on-our-communities https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/roll-back-the-cpuc-attack-on-our-communities