CPUC Posts Affordability Report, Seeks Comments on Framework
The California Public Utilities Commission seeks comments on how its new affordability framework is being used and interpreted in specific CPUC proceedings and in the agency’s annual affordability report, said Commissioner Darcie Houck in a ruling Thursday in docket R.18-07-006.…
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Comments are due Nov. 30. The CPUC posted the 2020 affordability report the same day. On communications, the report said “select census tracts across the state still contain communities that face affordability challenges due to low income, high cost of service, or both.” On average, essential services affordability changed little from 2019 to 2020, “though significant changes in affordability were observed in specific geographic areas where large changes in income were observed in the [American Community Survey] data.”