
Redding utility proposes 6% electric-rate increases in 2027 and 2028
The updated plan would begin with the Jan. 1, 2027 billing cycle and expand eligibility for the Residential Energy Discount program, but the City Council has not approved it.
Shasta County
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.

The updated plan would begin with the Jan. 1, 2027 billing cycle and expand eligibility for the Residential Energy Discount program, but the City Council has not approved it.

The California Department of Water Resources says the resources are normally offline and would be activated only when needed; the agency expects to provide its next quarterly update in early 2027.

The proposed EPIC-funded project would test whether stored electricity can provide process heat at Pacific Coast Producers’ tomato-processing facility, with results subject to independent measurement.

The proposed Highland Electric Fleets agreement would fund at least 119 fast-charging ports across four named school districts and an unidentified site, but the packet does not show a final vote.

The project will add 32 60-kilowatt fast-charging ports at the Newman Nutrition Center, including 16 capable of sending power back to the grid.

State officials reported $271 million in EV incentive funding, nearly 12,000 My First EV incentives and a revised 2030 need for 614,000 public and multifamily charging points.

The presentation says seven utilities had procurement-target deficits, but it does not identify the utilities or document a final commission vote.

At a legislative hearing, a CARB official said the agency is examining indirect-source rules and other strategies while defending oversight of its heavy-duty incentive program.

The proposed EPIC grant to DER Security Corp. would test utility-connected residential and commercial energy resources, cybersecurity and community-informed grid services.

The CPUC approved three no-copay wireless plans with up to 20 gigabytes of data while reducing activation reimbursement to $15 per participant per year.

The commission added 47 areas covering about 208 square miles and denied SCE’s request to remove 61 areas, citing an insufficient record that wildfire risk had declined.

The commission voted 4-1 to keep SDG&E as administrator, while leaving broader questions about program costs and future administration for other proceedings.

The board approved the plan unanimously and voted 4-1 to direct Fire Chief Sean O’Hara to bring back possible station-consolidation or closure recommendations before budget hearings.

The board adopted a long-range fire plan and directed the fire chief to identify possible station changes as officials cited funding, staffing and volunteer challenges.

An email read during the board’s Oct. 16 meeting alleged acting assignments began in 2017 while the position remained vacant for nearly a decade. The available record does not establish the claim or show board action.

Los Angeles has outlined a $15 million-to-$40 million public Host City Cultural Program, while LA28 has not published a dollar total for its separate Cultural Olympiad as Games security and reimbursement costs remain unsettled.

Supervisors rejected immediate forgiveness for the $300,000 CDBG-backed note and approved $100,000 in conditional relief annually through 2029, while an amendment contains an impossible date range for its $200,000 tier.

The active cost-of-capital proceeding has set an evidentiary hearing and briefing deadlines, while an archived hearing summary contains an unverified $25,000 figure that conflicts with official customer materials.

The CPUC is reviewing Bear Valley Electric Service’s request for staged increases through 2030 after customers questioned wildfire spending, outages, fees and affordability at an Oct. 13 hearing.

The organizing committee says it plans an early-2027 application portal, a public cultural calendar and map, ticket-cost assistance and 16 Olympic and Paralympic posters, while lawmakers seek clearer commitments for local and underserved communities.

An archived draft includes adoption language and proposed Recovery Impact Statements, but its vote fields are blank and county records reviewed here do not show that the measure took effect.

A motion to bring the draft back in final form for November consideration received no second at the Oct. 13 Board of Supervisors meeting.

The consumer office says its lower recommendation could save Great Oaks customers about $61,000 a year, but the commission has not voted on the utility’s 2027-30 cost-of-capital case.

The California-funded program will run through September 2027 and support a full-time DUI officer, checkpoints, patrols, traffic-safety education and officer training.