Does the customers relationship with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) change?
MCE customers remain retail distribution customers of PG&E and PG&E will continue to provide the same services it provides today (electrical energy and natural gas distribution, maintenance and repair of power lines and poles, billing, and basic customer services that they do today. MCE customers will continue to pay PG&E for those services at the same rates non-MCE customers do. The charge for electricity generation, which currently accounts for about half of the electric portion of the bill (and which is a current line item on the PG&E bill), would still be there. If a jurisdiction elects to participate in the MCE joint powers authority, customers in the community would become an MCE customer for the generation component unless they choose to opt out and stay with PG&E. The only difference between an MCE and non-MCE customer would be the sources of and rates for the generation component of electricity.
