Republican Lawmakers Seek to Lower Californians’ Power Bills, Cap Rates

An Assembly bill would order the Public Utilities Commission to cut electricity rates by at least 30 percent.

An electrical load box in a file image. Sophie Li/The Epoch Times

With millions of California utility customers paying some of the highest prices in the country and experiencing rate increases in recent months, Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would order regulators to reduce rates.

Assembly Bill 2205, introduced by Assemblyman Joe Patterson, offers one line of text mandating the California Public Utility Commission address concerns related to high energy prices by cutting kilowatt-per-hour rates by at least 30 percent.