Everyday · section
Utility rate proceedings, federal benefit adjustments, consumer enforcement and fraud — the household economics that rest on a public record.
Household money questions divide cleanly into two kinds, and conflating them is the commonest error in consumer coverage. Some figures are set by a decision — a commission order, a certified rate, an announced premium — and can be reported. Others are forecast, including by serious institutions, and cannot. Each page here states which kind of number it is carrying before it carries it.
October 10, 2026 edition · Developments from September 25 to October 10
A general rate case is not a rate change. This page separates the parts of PG&E’s 2027–2030 application that are still proposed from the decisions the Commission has actually issued.
The 2027 cost-of-living adjustment has an announcement date and no announced figure. The Medicare Part B premium that will be deducted from it has neither. Everything else circulating is a forecast.
Every one of these schemes needs the same thing from you — a payment or a code before you check. This page is organised around the checking, with the official contact route for each.
Policy analysis · primary authorities verified · Kanwar Partap Singh Gill, MD.
Search the full publication — patient guides, policy, investigations, enforcement records and research.