In San Diego, the price spike prompts protests in front of SDG&E, while others call for City Council to hold hearings.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday jumped into the debate over the spike in natural gas prices affecting millions of California utility customers, calling on federal regulators to look at whether gouging or market manipulation is at work.
The commodity, or wholesale, price of natural gas tripled last month for the 905,000 customers in SDG&E’s service territory who have natural gas hookups. Brown said the protest was not affiliated with any political or energy groups, saying it was a grassroots demonstration. Dianne Brooks, who drove in from San Marcos to join the protest, said she wants more transparency. “We should be able to see the books,” she said.
At about the same time, seven groups gathered in front of City Hall. They say SDG&E did not do enough to protect customers and want the San Diego City Council to conduct public hearings into the surge in prices. “We don’t have a lot of answers,” Rose said. “We’ve got a bunch of questions and ... we think it’s incumbent on the City Council to ask those questions.”nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility
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