The TRUTH about Pepco

Pepco is ranked among the worst power providers in surveys of day-to-day reliability, yet during the last five years it has demanded and received a doubling of utility rates that people in Maryland and the entire DC area have had to pay.

Tell the D.C. Council: Schedule a hearing on a winter moratorium!

The warm weather has arrived in District of Columbia ... but we must be ready for next winter. That’s why we have to keep pushing the D.C. Council to hold a public hearing on Justice First’s proposed legislation "Winter Moratorium on Shutoffs of Heat Amendment Act of 2010."

Justice First’s Winter Moratorium legislation introduced in the D.C. Council!

Justice First is pleased to announce that D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. of Ward 5 has introduced Justice First’s proposed legislation “Winter Moratorium on Shutoffs of Heat Amendment Act of 2010”! It was the work of all of us that has made this possible.

D.C. PSC approves Pepco rip-off

Despite over 2,000 letters to the D.C. Public Service Commission and D.C. Councilmembers vehemently opposing Pepco’s proposal for a $44.5 million rate hike and demanding a 50 percent rollback in rates, the Commission has approved a $19.8 million rate hike. Justice First holds that no rate hike is acceptable, not even so-called moderate ones.

Tell the PSC: Reject Pepco's $44.5 million rate hike

On Tuesday, March 2, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia will be announcing its decision on Pepco’s outrageous request for a $44.5 million rate hike. This is your last chance to speak out against this outrageous rate hike request.

Pepco's line on customers' expectations is yet another work of fiction

Washington Post

December 9, 2010

Washington Post analysis: Why Pepco can't keep the lights on

Washington Post

December 5, 2010

After recent power failures, Md. officials slam Pepco at hearing on reliability

Washington Post

August 30, 2010

Pepco contemplates rate increase

The Sentinel

March 11, 2010

Advocates Hammer Council On Heat Shut-Offs

WAMU 88.5 FM

January 25, 2010

Angry Pepco Customers Want Utility To Feel The Heat

9NEWS NOW

January 24, 2010

D.C. residents rail against power cut-offs, rising energy bills

The Washington Examiner

January 24, 2010

Activists Fight Winter Utility Shutoffs

NBC Washington

January 23, 2010

Activists fight winter utility shutoffs in D.C.

WTOP 103.5 FM

January 23, 2010

We're Not Gonna Take It

NBC Washington

November 20, 2009