If you've noticed your electricity bill soaring, it's not just you. Californians have seen their energy bills spike by 39% over the past six years -- the most by far of any state, according to UC Berkeley's Haas Energy Institute -- thanks in part to the destructive wildfires that have torn through Los Angeles and other areas in recent years and policy choices that have shoved costs onto rate payers.

Tens of millions of Americans are facing higher utility bills after regulators approved dozens of rate hikes last year.

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