California regulators have approved a $373 million rate hike for Pacific Gas & Electric to pay costs related to a series of wildfires. According to KTVU the California Public Utilities Commission, yesterday unanimously OK’d an increase that raises the average bill by $3.50 a month over 12 months. That money is supposed to be used to pay PG&E’s costs for nine fire, wind and rain events in 2016 and 2017, including repairs and clearing brush and trees from under power lines to prevent future fires.
