Last July, I posted my comments on newspaper articles listing PEPCO as the most hated company in America. If anyone in PEPCO’s top management had a soul, they would have done more to improve their service and their reputation. But, apparently no one there has a soul because here we are six months later and current headlines show where they really spent their money. Not on paying taxes or improving their third-world level of service but on congressional lobbyists.
From 2008-2010, PEPCO “paid $3.8 million to lobbyists in that period, while it paid no taxes.”1 This information was released “about a month after Pepco…asked for a $68 million rate increase.” 1 Those of us who live in Montgomery County pay extra Fuel Energy taxes on top of all this. Our officials are making efforts to rein PEPCO in. “Last month the Maryland Public Service Commission also issued Pepco a $1 million fine for subpar service.” 1
We need an online “Occupy PEPCO” movement. Until the public figuratively batters down PEPCO’s doors, they won’t really change what they are doing even if their TV ads say they are doing better. In fact, their ads may be true. Doing better than crappy is not a hard feat to accomplish.
Write your officials and tell them to work to get PEPCO to pay its fair share of taxes and give us the quality service we are paying for!
Contacts:
US Representatives:
Ben Cardin http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Barbara Mikulski http://mikulski.senate.gov/contact/shareyouropinion.cfm
Roscoe Bartlett https://bartlettforms.house.gov/Email_Roscoe/default.aspx
Elijah Cummingshttps://cummingsforms.house.gov/contact/message-form.shtml
Donna Edwards http://donnaedwards.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=52§iontree=452
Andy Harris https://harris.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Steny Hoyerhttps://forms.house.gov/hoyer/webforms/zip_auth.shtm
Dutch Ruppersberger http://dutch.house.gov/email-dutch.shtml
John Sarbanes http://sarbanes.house.gov/federal.asp
Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. http://vanhollen.house.gov/Contact/
Maryland Governor (Martin O'Malley): marylandgov@doit.state.md.us; governor@gov.state.md.us
Montgomery County Council Members: County.Council@montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County House Delegation: house@montgomerycountydelegation.com
Montgomery County Senate Delegation: senate@montgomerycountydelegation.com
Montgomery County: Director of the Office of Consumer Protection, Eric Friedman, at (240) 777-3719 or eric.friedman@montgomerycountymd.gov
Pepco's Media Relations Department:
Bob Hainey
Manager Media Relations
Phone: (202) 872-2680
email: rshainey@pepcoholdings.com
Clay Anderson
Sr. Media Representative
Phone: (202) 872-2680
email: canderson@pepcoholdings.com
PEPCO Corporate Correspondence
Pepco
701 Ninth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20068
1http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/maryland/2012/01/pepco-spends-more-lobbying-taxes/2110351
From 2008-2010, PEPCO “paid $3.8 million to lobbyists in that period, while it paid no taxes.”1 This information was released “about a month after Pepco…asked for a $68 million rate increase.” 1 Those of us who live in Montgomery County pay extra Fuel Energy taxes on top of all this. Our officials are making efforts to rein PEPCO in. “Last month the Maryland Public Service Commission also issued Pepco a $1 million fine for subpar service.” 1
We need an online “Occupy PEPCO” movement. Until the public figuratively batters down PEPCO’s doors, they won’t really change what they are doing even if their TV ads say they are doing better. In fact, their ads may be true. Doing better than crappy is not a hard feat to accomplish.
Write your officials and tell them to work to get PEPCO to pay its fair share of taxes and give us the quality service we are paying for!
Contacts:
US Representatives:
Ben Cardin http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Barbara Mikulski http://mikulski.senate.gov/contact/shareyouropinion.cfm
Roscoe Bartlett https://bartlettforms.house.gov/Email_Roscoe/default.aspx
Elijah Cummingshttps://cummingsforms.house.gov/contact/message-form.shtml
Donna Edwards http://donnaedwards.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=52§iontree=452
Andy Harris https://harris.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
Steny Hoyerhttps://forms.house.gov/hoyer/webforms/zip_auth.shtm
Dutch Ruppersberger http://dutch.house.gov/email-dutch.shtml
John Sarbanes http://sarbanes.house.gov/federal.asp
Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. http://vanhollen.house.gov/Contact/
Maryland Governor (Martin O'Malley): marylandgov@doit.state.md.us; governor@gov.state.md.us
Montgomery County Council Members: County.Council@montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County House Delegation: house@montgomerycountydelegation.com
Montgomery County Senate Delegation: senate@montgomerycountydelegation.com
Montgomery County: Director of the Office of Consumer Protection, Eric Friedman, at (240) 777-3719 or eric.friedman@montgomerycountymd.gov
Pepco's Media Relations Department:
Bob Hainey
Manager Media Relations
Phone: (202) 872-2680
email: rshainey@pepcoholdings.com
Clay Anderson
Sr. Media Representative
Phone: (202) 872-2680
email: canderson@pepcoholdings.com
PEPCO Corporate Correspondence
Pepco
701 Ninth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20068
1http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/maryland/2012/01/pepco-spends-more-lobbying-taxes/2110351
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