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PG&E rates will increase Jan. 1, 2024 following the California Public Utilities Commission’s approval of PG&E’s 2023-26 General Rate Case on Thursday.

24 Black high schoolers from around the Bay Area were individually awarded $8,000 in scholarships Saturday after the completion of a financial and investment literacy program, according to a joint press release from Pacific Gas and Electric, or PG&E, and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Severe storms in Berkeley have led to power outages and damage to trees and buildings around the city. 

The area of the 2900 block of Dwight Way, near Clark Kerr Campus and east of Hillside Avenue, is to be avoided due to a fallen tree and downed power line, according to a campus WarnMe alert sent at 1:06 p.m. Tuesday.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, a power outage affected large portions of West and South Berkeley, as well as some units in North Berkeley.

A power outage in Berkeley affected 5,066 PG&E customers Wednesday evening, according to PG&E spokesperson J.D. Guidi.

East Bay Clean Power Alliance raised concerns over East Bay Community Energy’s, or EBCE’s, proposal to allocate funds to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for the purpose of creating an asthma treatment program. 

UC Berkeley researchers published a recent study that revealed the high price of utility bills in California has created an inequitable electricity “tax” on millions of households.

The city of Berkeley will enact an opt-out policy to switch all Berkeley businesses to a 100% renewable energy-sourced utility plan beginning in October.

While campus community members support PG&E's efforts to implement automated power shut-off technology, some express concerns about potential side effects.