Our Voices
Pepco Can’t Have its Cake and Eat it too!
200-PLUS PROTESTERS AT PEPCO BOARD MEMBER PAULINE SCHNEIDER’S D.C. LAW OFFICE
D.C. Consumer Utility Board and Justice First Join Demonstration as Movement Grows
Cake Delivery, Balloon Release, Tax-Dodger Ballgame Staged in Lobby
WASHINGTON D.C.—Angry D.C. Pepco customers demonstrated today at the law office of Pepco Board Member Pauline A. Schneider and more District organizations joined the protest calling on Pepco to withdraw its $42.5 million rate hike request; cut top executives’ pay in half; and pledge to dedicate the utility company’s multimillion-dollar tax return to infrastructure improvement and job creation. Members of the D.C. Consumer Utility Board and Justice First, the utility watch dog organization, are joining District residents supported by OurDC in the surprise protest.
Work That Needs Doing: Mr. Butler
Listen to Mr. Bulter, an Our DC member and DC resident, share his story of work that needs doing in his neighborhood.
Work That Needs Doing: Mr. Lawrence
Starting today, Our DC will feature the story of a community member explaining the work that needs doing in their community. Listen to Mr. Dominique Lawrence’s story and how he is ready to go to work for his community and his family.