Action alert from PowerDC:
District residents who don’t want their electric bills to skyrocket received good news recently. The D.C. Government and the Office of the People’s Counsel (OPC) both asked the Public Service Commission to reconsider its incorrect approval of Exelon’s takeover of Pepco.
Click here to urge the PSC to fix its wrong decision.
In filings, the D.C. Government and OPC argue that the PSC erred by granting approval to a proposal that only Exelon and Pepco supported. Prior rulings from the PSC were clear that any proposal submitted to the PSC must be approved by all of the setting parties.
OPC took Commissioners to task in its filing:
In light of the errors in Order 18148 (the decision to approve the take over), there can be no certainty that the public's confidence in the Commission can ever be restored. However, the process of restoring public confidence cannot even begin if Order 18148 is left standing.
We sent hundreds of letters to Attorney General Racine and to OPC urging them to keep fighting for us and fight against the PSC's wrong decision. It worked.
Keep the pressure on by telling the PSC to reverse its decision.
Thank you,
The PowerDC Coalition
[On Earth Day, April 22nd, Public Citizen and DC Sun -- members groups of PowerDC -- launched an appeal of the D.C. PSC's split decision approval of Exelon's takeover of Pepco.]