Every four years, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) submits an application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requesting the amount of money it needs to collect from customers to provide electric and gas services. This year, SDG&E filed its 2028 General Rate Case (GRC) on Monday, June 15, 2026.
SDG&E is requesting approximately $3.8 billion for its combined electric and gas operations. This is $280 million (8.1%) over the 2027 expected authorized revenue requirement.
However, this request is $1.1 billion over its authorized revenue requirement from just four years ago ($3.8 billion request for 2028 vs. $2.7 billion authorized for 2024).
This is a 40% INCREASE in just 4 years to provide gas and electric service to you, the ratepayer.
Has your paycheck gone up 40% over the last four years? We think probably not.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? PLEASE KEEP READING…
WHAT UCAN WILL DO:
On behalf of ratepayers, UCAN will immediately file a protest to SDG&E’s 2028 GRC Application and begin to scrutinize SDG&E’s revenue requests for reasonableness. With expert help, UCAN will find areas for savings and recommend reductions that can shield ratepayers from excessive and unnecessary spending.
UCAN – SUCCESS IN THE PAST:
In the previous GRC for 2024, SDG&E asked for over $3 billion for its combined operations. This was $475 million (18.7%) over the expected authorized revenue requirement for 2023.[1] UCAN and several other organizations reviewed this staggering amount and made recommendations to the Commission to cut unjustified and unnecessary spending. As a result, the Commission reduced SDG&E’s requested amount to approx. $2.7 billion, $300 million less than SDG&E’s request, meaning a little less than a 7% increase in one year.[2]
Still, according to the Public Advocates Office, from January 2016 to March 2026, SDG&E rates have increased nearly 100% over these past 10 years.[3] These increases have been attributed to excessive utility spending including wildfire mitigation and transmission/distribution (T&D) investments.[4] This extreme increase in rates is making it hard for people to afford electricity, one of life’s basic necessities – more than 1 in 5 households in California are behind on their energy bills.[5]
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
The Commission will get the final say on how much SDG&E can collect from ratepayers to provide the appropriate quality of service, avoid wasted costs, and set reasonable rates to recover these costs. If you would like to let the Commission know how high energy costs are effecting you and your family, offer your public comment on the Commission’s website here.
Follow these instructions: Click on Step 1 “Submit Comments via Online Form”, then click on the Docket card link in Step 1 again, type in A.26-06-015, scroll along the tabs under the CPUC sign and click “Public Comments.” Here you will find a link to add your public comment. Your comment becomes part of the formal record for this proceeding and can help UCAN when we file our response to this application.
If you wish to help UCAN lower these unreasonable rate increases, please donate HERE.
Updated June 18, 2026
[1] https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M476/K452/476452353.PDF
[2] D.24-12-074 at 3. https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M550/K485/550485071.pdf
[3] https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/260430-public-advocates-office-q1-2026-electric-rates-report.pdf at 5.
[4] https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/office-of-governmental-affairs-division/reports/2025/ab67_puc913_102425.pdf at 7.
[5] https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/260430-public-advocates-office-q1-2026-electric-rates-report.pdf at 4.