PG&E, TID costs could increase from Trump tariffs | Here’s how much [Video]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s a lot of back-and-forth with tariffs and surcharges for imported electricity and natural gas from Canada. With that back-and-forth, it’s hard to gauge what the exact impact could be, but there are impacts to some scale.

While some Northern California utilities get electricity from Canada, none of the ones ABC10 spoke with are getting electricity from Ontario providers, which would have had the surcharge. That being said, some utilities do get electricity from Canada and notably, natural gas, which carries a 10% tariff. 

California Independent System Operation (CA ISO) said most of Canada’s energy goes to the Midwest and northeast, with natural gas going to the Pacific Northwest.

But for the ones affected, customers aren’t expected to see significant impacts. PG&E expects an average annual increase of …