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Some Bay Area PG&E Customers Will Pay More In 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Electricity bills for some Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers will climb slightly in the new year while others will see their rates decline. PG&E said Thursday...
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Internet Ire Erupts Over Netflix Price Hike
LOS GATOS (CBS SF) – Angry Netflix customers have inundated social media sites with threats to cancel their subscriptions since the Los Gatos company announced it would raise its prices. Some existing...
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Beyond Netflix: Where Else To Get Your Flick Fix
LOS GATOS (CBS SF/AP) – Even with a fee hike, millions of Netflix subscribers will be spending less each month than what it costs two adults to watch a single movie in a theater. Yet the company, which...
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PG&E To Raise Bay Area Residential Rates
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Pacific Gas and Electric is once again raising residential rates, outraging many consumer advocates. PG&E executives said the rate hikes, which will begin on the first of...
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PG&E Seeks Rate Hike To Pay For System Upgrades
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric wants to raise customers’ bills by as much as $12 per month to upgrade its gas and electricity systems. The company sent its proposal to raise...
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Health Insurance Providers Propose Double-Digit Rate Hike For Californians
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Many Anthem Blue Cross customers could see their rates jump an average of 18 percent in February, under a proposal by the state’s largest for-profit health insurer. The...
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Proposed Rate Hike Would Nearly Double San Jose Water Bills
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The San Jose Water Company has asked state regulators for permission to raise rates 44 percent over the next three years. But the proposal is not going over well with some residents....
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EBMUD Proposes Raising Water Rates For Customers
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — East Bay Municipal Utility District General Manager Alexander Coate Tuesday proposed a 19 percent water rate increase for customers over the next two years to pay for infrastructure...
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16 Years Of Hiking Fees While Water District Pays Meter Readers $100,000...
FREMONT (KPIX 5) – Bay Area residents are facing steep water rate hikes as California’s drought stretches into a fourth year. In one small East Bay water district, a resident said it’s the lavish...
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$100,000+ Salaries For Meter Readers, Customer Service Reps At Water Agency...
FREMONT (CBS SF) – A small East Bay water district is paying more than 200 of their employees, including meter readers and customer service representatives, wages and benefits worth well over $100,000,...
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Federal Reserve: Interest Rate Hike Likely In June
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — Federal Reserve officials believe that a June interest rate hike is likely if at the central bank’s next meeting in June if the economy keeps improving. Fed officials decided...
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Sonoma County Water Agency Announces Rate Hike
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) – Residents and businesses served by the Sonoma County Water Agency will pay one to two percent more for water, despite conservation efforts during the years-long drought. Water...
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Online Shopping Creating Overload Of Recyclables For San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The online shopping boom is creating mountains of cardboard and plastic piling up at Bay Area recycling centers and could lead to a higher recycling rates for San Francisco...
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Customers Protest Nearly 20 Percent EBMUD Rate Hike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — East Bay Municipal Utility District directors voted 6-1 at a contentious three-hour meeting Tuesday to approve a water rate increase totaling nearly 20 percent for the next two...
View ArticlePG&E Increasing Rates to Pay For Upgrades to Equipment
SAN RAMON (CBS SF/AP) — California regulators approved a rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Thursday that increases rates for household customers by 8%. The utility, once-bankrupt,...
View ArticleCalifornia Drought: South Bay Water Officials Vote For Rate Hike To Pay For...
SAN JOSE (KPIX) — South Bay water officials on Tuesday voted unanimously to greenlight a series of rate hikes to pay for water projects in the region and begin preliminary studies on the contentious...
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