Starting this fall, your Pacific Gas and Electric will take a leap, and not because you're leaving all the lights on. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to let the SF-based utility jack up their prices, ostensibly for "safety improvements." As you can imagine, many people are angry about this. And maybe you will be too, especially after we take a look at some of the numbers.

• $15.6 billion: PG&E's revenue from last year
• $814 million: The profit PG&E posted on that revenue
• $4.84 billion: The amount of additional money PG&E told the California Public Utilities Commission they wanted to get from customers
• $2.37 billion: The amount of additional money the PUC agreed on Thursday that PG&E could demand from its customer base
• 3: The number of years over which that $2.37 billion boost will be spread
• $4.50: The amount the average PG&E gas bill will increase, starting in September, with additional hikes expected in 2015 and 2016
• $3: The amount the average PG&E electric bill will increase, starting in October, with additional hikes expected in 2015 and 2016 (so, if you have gas and electric from PG&E, expect an increase of around $7.50 this fall)
• $5.23: The amount of an additional monthly increase for PG&E gas customers "for gas storage and transmission," that the PUC is expected to approve or decline next year

All facts and figures: Your PG&E bill is about to rise this much, August 15, 2014, San Francisco Chronicle

In order to prevent witnessing further gas station signage hilarity, MapQuest (remember them?) has a nifty cheap station location feature. Basically, it maps out gas stations in your neighborhood/city by price. In San Francisco there's a scant difference between the highest and lowest ranked stations. Whatever. But SFist readers way out in Whereverville -- i.e., cities where automotive discussions aren't whispered in hushed tones -- might appreciate the service. Especially if money is tight for you.

And the lowest and highest gas prices in the U.S of A as of now? The cheapest goes to Hamel, MN, with a thrifty $2.40; the highest is way over in Kailua Kona, HI, boasting a whopping $4.05. Until now, we have never heard of these two cities in our entire life.

Oh, and it also comes with a nifty gas calculator for long road trips.

Seeing as how we don't drive an automobile in San Francisco because people in the Bay Area drive like crap because we want to keep the planet minty green, we don't feel the pinch as much as others do. About what, you ask? Well, gas prices, it seems, are going through the roof! (The only thing that concerns us about gasoline is its odor, which we love.)

But before you get all "like, ride a bus, why don't you?", many folk who work in San Francisco have to use a car to get to our precious little mecca. (You know, those who have to listen to you bitch about how they drive the 38-Geary; the people you speak Spanish to at the grocery stores on 24th Street, even though Rosa was born and raised here in the Bay Area; the people SF transplants tend to fetishize; etc.) As ideal (and homogeneous) as it would be for all of us to be waiting in line together at Rainbow Grocery, using our recyclable bag to carry home our raw food, it's just not gong to happen.

That said, it seems that the price of gas is going up astronomically. So much so that it's gone over the $4-mark here in SF. Something, we hear, about crude oil and $100 a barrels -- the segments we zone out on while watching The Daily Show. Anyway, aren't we just around the corner from driving around in spacecars that run on dandruff, or whatever? Anyone feeling the pinch?