A senior citizen with a two bedroom home in Santa Rosa is paying almost $357 in January, 2024. This is up from $195 in December, 2023. There is a new rate increase coming from PG&E. The average residential PG&E customer is expected to pay about $34.50 more each month – a boost of about $400 annually. The California Public Utilities Commission approved the new rates to help the company launch major projects to improve power line and gas pipeline safety after years of disastrous fires.