PG&E CEO's Bill-Cutting Success: A New Era of Reliability

PG&E CEO Patti Poppy just dropped some real talk on turning around utility bills.

She's delivered on promises, cutting prices five times in the last two years.

Overall, bills are down 13%, and for the most vulnerable customers, it's a whopping 23% drop.

They're flipping the script by working smarter, not harder.

They're pulling long-term costs off monthly bills and hardening the grid against disasters.

Think burying power lines, low-cost sensors spotting issues early,

and drones ramping up safety checks 600%.

Reliability jumped 19% from 2024 to 2025.

It's all about prevention over reaction, saving cash for everyone.

Customers got burned by rising bills before, and Poppy owns that disappointment.

Now, the focus is rebuilding trust through every efficiency they can find.

She's got an engineering background from Purdue and Stanford,

leading with a mindset that mixes love for the work and purpose.

Her Japanese Iki guy vibe of doing what you love and what the world needs.

Looking ahead, even if regulators greenlight their full-rate requests for 2027 through 2030,

bills could dip in 20. 26 and stay flat after.

Tech boom from big and small companies is boosting demand, but residential folks won't put the bill.

Permits for projects are flowing smooth so far.

This shift has PG&E, eyeing a stable future, balancing growth with lower costs while keeping

the lights on reliably. From your city, powered by AI, this is California News Today.

I'm Corey with The Story.