Public Hearings on PECO Rate Hike

PUC PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS

10 am –Monday– June
28,‘10  
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Parkway Center Branch
Skyline
Room, 4th Floor
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

6
pm – Monday – June 28, ‘10  
Community Academy of Philadelphia -
Gymnasium
(at Back of the Building)
1100 East Erie Avenue
Philadelphia,
PA 19124

About PECO’s Rate Hike Request

    •    On March 31,
2010, PECO filed a request for an electric rate increase of $316
 million per year in base rates. 
    •    According to PECO, the
total monthly bill for a residential customer would increase by 10.1%,
if their entire request is approved.  BUT, that does not include all the
rate hikes that customers will face …
    •    This hike in base
rates does not include the higher “market based” electric generation
rates when the rate caps come off in January, 2011.
    •    In 2009,
there were almost 77,000 utility shut offs by PECO.  Shut offs will
only go up with higher rates.

The rate increase is not a done
deal.  PECO must get the approval of the Public Utility Commission
(PUC).  Your opinion matters!

 
    •    Have you called PECO
for an agreement to catch up on bills and got no support?
    •   
Did you know PECO has programs to help you reduce your bill?
    •   
Are you on PECO’s CAP Rate program but still cannot afford your bills?
 
We
need your help in telling the PUC that PECO must do more for its
customers. Come to these hearings.

If you want more
information please call D. William Browning at PA. Communities
Organizing
for Change at 215-839-3393 or 267-581-0456