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...company's shareholders, the initials PG&E stand for Pacific Gas & Electric, the largest U.S. commercial supplier of electricity. But more and more of the California utility's customers prefer "Piggish, Greedy and Egotistic" instead. In recent months residents from Oregon to the Mexican border have been hit with unimaginably steep jumps in their electric bills...
...Northern California town of Orland, Donna Marley, 40, a widow, saw her December electric bill of $87 leap to $210 in a month. Neighbors Barney and Verna Cushman were shocked when their December bill of $360 surged to $624 in January. Nor have PG&E customers been the only ones hit. In San Diego, Verna Murray, a customer of San Diego Gas & Electric, thought that her $250 per month electricity payments were already excessive; her December bill exploded...
Rates exploded after the PUC granted PG&E and San Diego Gas & Electric increases of $909 million and $166 million, respectively. In January, PG&E was also allowed to adjust its "tier system," by which the electrical charges go up as usage increases. As a result, at least 50% of the state's residents saw their bills double and in some cases triple...
Responding to public pressure, PUC has ordered PG&E to roll back $100 million of its January rate increase immediately. Last week Governor Brown asked the commission for a further reduction and ordered an investigation into PG&E's construction-cost overruns, including its ill-fated Diablo Canyon nuclear facility, whose completion has been delayed by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission probe into its design and safety...
...dinner and egad!-taking her to bed? The mind boggles-is nothing sacred? But let's face it, times change, and Superman and friend have sweetly embraced the spirit of the '80s as well as each other. They have become-no other phrase will do-swinging singles (PG division) willing to talk things out, show their vulnerability, be mutually supportive in their careers. In the next film they will doubtless negotiate a prenuptial agreement and buy a co-op together...