PG&E’s initial general rate case application requested a nearly $1.1 billion increase over its $8.5 billion revenue for 2019, more than half of which was to fund wildfire mitigation measures, as required in Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the California legislature in July.
These include building more resilient poles across 2,000 miles of power lines, trimming approximately 120 million trees and inspecting 81,000 miles of high-voltage distribution lines annually. The plan would have increased the typical electric and gas customer’s bill by $10.57 per month. PG&E also requested a $454 million and $486 increase to its revenue for 2021 and 2022 respectively.
