
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.
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Recent public-hearing coverage from Shasta County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.

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 commission advanced AMD 2025-00266 and PM-20205-0091 for EP2, Reading OASIS LLC, after a third public hearing that touched on emergency water-supply routing and environmental-review questions.

Supervisors are being asked to hold a public hearing and adopt annual parcel-charge reports for the county’s Permanent Road Division zones.

At a July 15 hearing, commissioners said they will review comments from more than 800 people before deciding whether to extend existing phone-service standards to wireless carriers or adopt new rules.

At an April 13 public hearing, commissioners heard residents object to Suburban Water Systems’ proposed 2027-2029 rate increases, while the assigned judge said the commission is scheduled to vote later this year.