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Media Coverage and External Perspectives on Our AdvocacyInterest groups protest SCE’s $760M EV plan
The Utility Reform Network (TURN) and Small Business Utility Advocates (SBUA) are challenging SCE’s proposal on the grounds that the utility is putting too much of the burden on ratepayers and not considering the small business market.
SBUA’s concerns are directed more at a lack of consideration to small businesses as ratepayers and as a portion of the market, asserting the utility should consider clear and predictable rates, diverse sites for host selection and lower numbers of site chargers at small business sites.
Liberty and Higher Utility Rates for All
Generally, there is an affordability crisis in California right now. And yes, increases [in utility rates],” said Britt Marra, executive director of the nonprofit Small Business Utility Advocates, which is taking part in Liberty’s application discussions. “We’ve participated in Liberty [general rate cases, or GRCs] in the past. Increases are expected. This definitely is an extraordinary case in that the increase is extraordinary.
Rising electricity rates from Liberty could impact your home, water, and ski season
The proceedings for the case now concern the inputs of Liberty Utilities, Cal Advocates, Tahoe Energy Ratepayers Group, Small Business Utility Advocates, The Utility Reform Network, and the A-3 Customer Coalition, which includes the South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) and Heavenly Mountain Resort, along with other large commercial customers.
California Senate greenlights energy reform bills as Democrats pursue “affordability”
Britt Marra, executive director of Small Business Utility Advocates, called the bill’s passage in the Senate “a big win for California’s small businesses and struggling ratepayers.”
“Across the state, small businesses are reeling from rising energy costs, and this bill rightly shifts the burden off ratepayers and onto a more sustainable, long-term financing model,” she said.
Opinion: Take action to slow California’s out-of-control energy costs
The good news is that after months of advocacy driven by a “big tent” of residential, small business, industrial and agricultural supporters, the Legislature has assembled the most significant electricity affordability package in decades.
Tom Steyer vows to cut electricity bills by 25%, but experts say the details fall short
“We’re really excited utility affordability is becoming a part of mainstream conversation in the upcoming election,” SBUA Executive Director, Britt Marra, said. “We’re still waiting to see a clear plan of how that 25% is actually going to be reduced.”