Deadline to file public comment w DC on 5:30pm Dec23
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) Group PowerDC Coalition opposes and says so in these letters to DC
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) Turning in letters of opposition to supports 1st decision
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) Mike says it's his 1st protest in 25yrs - he's against
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) Mike Geske says spend$ to improve service. Not
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) Letters to DC opposing
— Kristi King (@king草莓传媒) WASHINGTON — The D.C. Public Service Commission 听early next year on whether it accepts or rejects a proposed merger of Exelon and Pepco that would create the nation’s largest electric utility.
The closing of the public comment period on the deal Wednesday drew a couple dozen people to the PSC’s offices downtown to file letters of opposition.
About 9,000 letters in support of the merger have been submitted during the comment period.
The Commission rejected the merger two months ago, but is now a听revised deal negotiated by Exelon and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in which the utility contributes $78 million to the city.
“All this money that’s going out to coerce people to sign on to this deal, we’re the ones who’ll leverage all this money,” said Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7D Chair Sherice Muhammad. “How do they think they’re going to recoup this money? Through the taxpayers, through the rate payers.”
Advocates for the merger听 it would lower rates and increase reliability.
“More than 40,000 District residents signed the petition to the PSC expressing their support for the merger for the affordability, reliability and sustainability benefits it will provide,” Exelon spokesman Paul Elsberg wrote in an email to 草莓传媒.
The proposed merger already has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and public utility commissions in Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. 听
The D.C. Service Commission鈥檚 approval is required for the merger to be completed.
