Officials will set the rates, not state regulators. Pg and e raises its rates three to five finals a year. Reporter the switch is seam 8s because theres no need to change meters, pg e will continue to deliver the ele electricity and billing. Pg e did not return our calls to verify that claim. Customers should opt in rather than opt out of the new service. Advocates say this Program Needs a Large Customer base in order to negotiate large contracts for wind, solar, hydro and other types of clean power. Now they do have a choice. Even though it is a choice to opt out, its still a choice. Reporter in co. Your energies bill will be a little lower because the state is giving the California Clean Energy credit. The state charges companies that produce greenhouse gasses. The credit is not connected to your electricity use. Governor jerry brown made a rare appearance in the Legislature Today to defend his plan to raise the states gas tax. His bill would raise the tax from 18 cents to 21 cents.
As abc7 News Reporter david louie explains, those customers didnt sign up for the service. No, instead, they have to opt out. Reporter pb e customers in 11 counties, are being switched today en masse to a new Company Called Silicon Valley clean energy. The customers were not given the opportunity to opt out, not to opt in, but only to opt out due to state law. Its a choice consumers wont have to think about. Theyre being switched automatically to a new utility called Silicon Valley clean energy, in 11 cities and unincorporated santa clara county. Starting today the energy coming into their homes and Small Businesses will be 100 carbon free and 50 to 100 renewable. Now that we have started delivering power, you will be able to plug in and we will be able to buy for you elect trisity thats 100 carbon free. Reporter a board of directors made up of elected officials will set the rates, not state regulators. Pg and e raises its rates three to five finals a year. Reporter the switch is seam
Bathroom floor. Even though its 10 years, it feels like it was yesterday. The pain is still there. We also wanted to live jennys life for her because she doesnt have the opportunity to do that. And we love her so much. We want her to carry on. Reporter more than 150 people came to help the family carry on showing love and support. Even the sheriff who was commander that night when jenny was killed. The officers also live with this and take it tot heart that this has not come to a resolution yet. Reporter as the family through the Jenny Lin Foundation try to give hundreds of other Children Free music programs and other opportunities that they wanted for their own daughter. And still wondering if someone some day will step forward and help them find justice. Were still keeping hope. Reporter jenny lin would be 34 years old now. Theres a memorial concert in her honor. Proof that people can live on in the hearts and the lives of the people they touch. Work is continuing on interstate 280 w
Tells us that every year this crowd just keeps getter bigger. Tonight they packed the Castro Valley library with more than 150 people who came and used ribbons they brought out in the color blue. Her favorite color, all to remember jenny lynn. The small candle came as the reminder of jenny lynn came as a reminder of her short life. School, friend, and her Bright Future ahead. They also brought back the terror and lost from may 27, 1994 when her parents came home and found their daughter tied up and stabbed to death on the bathroom floor. Even though its 10 years, it feels like it was yesterday. The pain is still there. We also wanted to live jennys life for her because she doesnt have the opportunity to do that. And we love her so much. We want her to carry on. Reporter more than 150 people came to help the family carry on showing love and support. Even the sheriff who was commander that night when jenny was killed. The officers also live with this and take it tot heart that this has n