Plates at our planet s surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth s core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down. As the cooled material sinks down, it is warmed and rises again.
PG&E on Wednesday did not offer a specific figure for how much the switch to renewable power would boost electricity rates in 2015. But in the past, the utility has said that rates will rise 1 percent to 2 percent each year as a result.
2017 Pacific Gas and Electric. On September 1, 2015, PG&E filed an Application with the CPUC requesting to increase its revenue requirement from a current level of $7.916 billion to $8.373 billion:1  2017: $457 million (5.8%). 2  2018: $489 million (5.84%).3  2019: $390 million (4.40%).n September 1, 2015, PG&E filed an Application with the CPUC requesting to increase its revenue requirement from a current level of $7.916 billion to $8.373 billion: 1  2017: $457 million (5.8%). 2  2018: $489 million (5.84%). 3  2019: $390 million (4.40%).