CA electric customers to see changes to bills

(The Center Square) – Pacific Gas & Electric customers are going to see changes to their electricity rates starting in March, according to an email to a PG&E customer obtained by The Center Square. The email said a “base services charge” will change what some PG&E customers will pay every month in California. PG&E serves the northern and central portions of the state. It isn’t a new charge, according to PG&E, but it is what the company is using to describe certain charges, including fees for start-up connection, energy programs, call center services and billing service charges. Those fees were previously included in customers’ bills, but are now being rolled into the base services charge, the PG&E email said. That charge will be $25.15 a month, according to information sent by PG&E. Instituting the rate will reduce the cost of electricity anywhere from 5 to 7 cents per kilowatt hour, according to PG&E documents sent to The Center Square. Changes to customers’ bills caused by the base s