Delaware Breaking News
Delaware Postpones Utility Rate Increase
(October 29) Delaware ACORN won the delay of a dramatic gas
rate increase proposed by Conectiv, Delaware's major utilities provider.
On September 24, Conectiv held a poorly publicized public hearing
to discuss a planned 15.9 percent gas rate increase. When ACORN members found out about
the hearing later, they attended a regularly scheduled October 21st meeting of the Public
Service Commission. Though the Conectiv rate hike was on the agenda for the hearing and
would have gone into effect that day, after testimony from 25 ACORN members about the
potential impact of the increase and their lack of input at the earlier hearing, the
Public Service Commission voted to delay the rate increase and instead organized a new
public hearing on Conectiv's proposal to be held on Nov. 3, at 7pm in an ACORN
neighborhood.
The Commission also agreed to work with ACORN to investigate
other utility issues of concern to our members. Since the hearing, 17 of the members that
testified at the Public Service Commission meeting have also gotten their individual
situations with Conectiv resolved. For more information, contact Nicole VanSant at deacorn@acorn.org
Source: ACORN News
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