If the rate increases are approved, a typical SDG&E customer’s bill would go up nearly $14 per month. For businesses, that could be much higher.
“We’re over half a million dollars a year in electric power,” said Todd Roberts who is president of Marine Group Boat Works in Chula Vista. He said his business employs around 200 people who repair large ships.
“When (customers) do come to San Diego and we tell them their cost of power is going to be in some cases 50 percent more than the last port they were in — that’s pretty tough for us to attract business,” Roberts said.
SDG&E spokesman Wes Jones said the utility needs the money to safely modernize the power grid.
“When you look at what the grid was 25 years ago, it’s changed a lot,” Jones said. “We have electric vehicles now, we have private solar top systems, and all these things are changing (the) grid. And we need to make sure we respond to demands of our customers.”
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