Reminder of this important Public Service Commission (PSC), Public Hearing today, to receive testimony which will lead to stronger consumer protections when confronted by an at home alternative energy provider Solicitor, solicitation by phone or Internet. From 2000, when the door opened deregulation for these providers, there have been numerous complaints, from unethical, misinformation given to the potential Customer to sign them up; contract issues; poor quality of service; to billing issues.
Starting at 10:00am, the Hearing can be watched from the PSC's website: http://www.dcpsc.org/. You can click on the link from the "Flash News" link at the top of the page, or scroll to the bottom and click on the link, "Media Streaming".
Your comments are valuable to the process any where you decide to send.
Albrette "Gigi" Ransom
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Subject: Fw:REMINDER: DCPSC Seeks Community Input on the Marketing and Business Practices of Alternative Energy Suppliers - Friday, July 12
The Office of the People's Counsel version of the notice for the Public Service Commission Hearing on Fri, July 12, 2013 re community input on the Marketing and Business Practices of Alternative Energy Suppliers. This is an important hearing! Many have had experiences with some of these vendors and had bad experiences. Sharing positive experiences also has value to this process to help to create "Best Practices". Please sign up to help create the best model going forward. Don't underestimate your value to this process.
Albrette "Gigi" Ransom
| Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia  1133 15th Street, NW, Suite 500 | Washington, DC 20005Phone: 202.727.3071 | Fax: 202.727.1014 TTY/TDD: 202.727.2876 Sandra Mattavous-Frye, People's Counsel | | | | | IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BUSINESS PRACTICES OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUPPLIERS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | with alternative energy suppliers who are soliciting their business. The PSC will be looking for consumers to offer comments in areas such as: - The business solicitation and practices of licensed alternative energy suppliers;
- Consumers' experiences when changing from an existing supplier to a new supplier or when changing back to a former supplier;
- Billing practices or contract terms that have been used or offered DC Consumers that have generated any consumer concerns; and
- Effectiveness of dispute resolution.
| The hearing will take place at: The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia 1333 H Street, NW, 7th Floor, Commission Hearing Room Washington, DC 20005 Please contact the Office of the Commission Secretary as soon as possible by telephone at (202) 626-5150, or in writing at the above address if you wish to testify at the hearing. Please click on the links below to view details regarding OPC's petition: | The Office of the People's Counsel is the public advocate for natural gas, electric and telecommunications ratepayers in the District of Columbia. | | | | | | |
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