PG&E and Sonoma Clean Power implementing “time of use” rates for some customers

MENDOCINO Co., 4/23/21 — Some customers of PG&E and Sonoma Clean Power will be charged using a “time of use” peak pricing rate plan starting this month, which will charge customers higher prices during the hours of 4 p.m to 9 p.m., with higher rates during the warmer months. The change will include some 140,000 customers in April and 2.5 million customers total, in stages, through 2022, and will not include those on the medical baseline program. “Customers are encouraged to shift some energy use to times when rates are lower, demand is lower and renewable resources, like solar and wind power, are most plentiful,” via the time of use rates, according to an announcement from PG&E.

More information about the specific details are in the PG&E press release below: