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Solar Solution LLC and the D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel, are
alerting you to Public Hearings scheduled before the D.C. Public
Service Commission in Formal Case No. 1076. OPC is seeking your input
on PEPCO’s request for a $51.7 million increase in its electric
distribution rates. OPC is calling for a $10.4 million decrease in
PEPCO’s current rates. OPC is challenging components of PEPCO’s request for a rate increase because the Company has not provided adequate justification to support its proposed increase. OPC believes this case raises critical issues utility consumers face now and will face in the future.
For example:
1) PEPCO seeks to shift certain business risks from Company
shareholders to consumers with no guarantee that service quality will
be improved.
2) PEPCO has failed to adhere to its statutory mandate to provide
District consumers safe, adequate and reliable electric service.
3) PEPCO has not detailed how consumers/ratepayers will be prepared
and educated for a wave of future technologies, such as smart meters
and the Smart Grid, or how the costs of these new technologies will be
allocated.
OPC believes it is important for consumers to understand that this
rate increase request is part of a continuing march toward higher
electric bills. Residential rates over a five year period have
increased by 98 %. For example, in 2004, a residential consumer paid
$49.00 for 750kWh per month. Today, the same consumer will pay $97.00
per month even before PEPCO’s requested rates are increased. If
PEPCO’s request is approved in its entirety, consumers will pay an
additional $6.43 each month.
These are your dollars and your service. It is imperative that you
attend at least one of the community hearings and raise your issues
and voice your concerns on the public record.
To participate in the hearings, you should sign up in advance by
contacting the Commission Secretary at 202-626-5150 by the close of
business, at least 3 days before each hearing and ask to be placed on
the public witness list.
Persons with special needs are encouraged to call the Public Service
Commission in advance to assist with any arrangements to facilitate
your participation.
If for any reason you are unable to attend the hearings you may submit
your written testimony to be included on the public record to Ms.
Dorothy Wideman, Director, Office of the Commission Secretary, DC
Public Service Commission, 1333 H St. NW Washington DC, 20010. You
may also send your testimony by email to dwideman@psc.dc.org.

The three community hearings will convene at the following locations
on the dates specified below:

Chevy Chase Community Center
5601 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 12 Noon

DC Public Service Commission
1333 H Street NW
Hearing Room 7th Floor East Tower
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:00am

Hilcrest Recreation Center
3100 Denver Street, SE
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm

If you would like to get involved, please make sure to attend these meetings to get your voice heard.

About Solar Solution LLC: Solar Solution LLC is a full-service designer and installer of solar electric systems for homes, businesses and government agencies with customers throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia. For more information, please visit www.solarsolutionllc.com

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+1-240-395-1379, Office,
703-989-3456 Mobile.
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