| Sep
13, 2006 |
OPC
Blasts PEPCO for Woefully Inadequate Underground Wires Report |
| Jul
21, 2006 |
OPC
Seeks Investigation of Verizon for Overcharging D.C. Telephone
Consumers |
| Jul
21, 2006 |
D.C.
People’s Counsel Is Victorious in Bid to Stop Mirant
from Sticking D.C. Ratepayers and PEPCO with a $540 Million
Tab! D.C. Consumers Save an Estimated $227 Million! Hallelujah!
|
| Jul
21, 2006 |
OPC
Seeks Investigation of Verizon for Overcharging D.C. Telephone
Consumers |
| Jun
29, 2006 |
IN
2006 THE RAINS CAME AND WHAT HAS PEPCO LEARNED FROM ISABEL? |
| Jun
19, 2006 |
Residential
Pilot Program offers "Smart Metering" to DC Electric
Consumers |
| Jun
13, 2006 |
PEOPLE'S
COUNSEL BETTY NOËL "ROCKS THE HOUSE" AT THE
2006 NATIONAL LOW INCOME ENERGY CONSORTIUM |
| Apr,
2006 |
D.C.
Utility Consumers Should Never Be Required to Subsidize
the Costs of Unregulated Investments of a Public Utility |
| Mar
12, 2006 |
People's
Counsel tells PEPCO, "I Told
You So!" ...And Its Time for a New Regulatory
Construct! |
| Nov
2005 |
OPC
Staff take Prominent Role at NASUCA Annual Meeting. |
| Nov
18, 2005 |
People
Power |
| Nov
8, 2005 |
OPC
Convenes D.C. Consumer and Stakeholder's "ENERGY SUMMIT
2005" |
| Sep
23, 2005 |
OPC
Challenges Washington Gas to Come Up with New Ways to Help
Consumers Cope with Paying Winter Heating Bills |
| Aug
26, 2005 |
What
does the Mirant plant's closing mean for D.C. consumers?
(The Common Denominator Online Commentary - August 26, 2005) |
| Aug
10, 2005 |
Letters
to the Editor: Going Out on a Limb for Reliable Power |
| |
Pepco,
Mid-Atlantic Utilities Ask Customers To Conserve Power...
|
| Feb
8, 2005 |
On
February 8, 2005, Ms. Noël was featured in a report
with Karen Gray Houston of Fox 5 News at 5 p.m. |
| Feb
8, 2005 |
On
February 8, 2005, People's Counsel Noël was featured
in an interview with Sam Ford of Channel 7 News at 5 p.m.
|
| Feb
7, 2005 |
On
Monday February 7, Ms. Noël, appeared on WPFW-FM morning
news |
| Feb
6, 2005 |
On
Sunday February 6, 2005, People's Counsel Noël appeared
on Channel-4 News at 10a.m. |
| Feb
4, 2005 |
The
People's Counsel appeared on WTOP Radio (1500AM) and TV
Newschannel 8 |
| Feb
3, 2005 |
The
Truth Behind Rising Electric Rates and Deregulation
|
| Dec,
2004 |
Holiday
letter from People's Counsel |
| Nov
12, 2004 |
OPC
Fights To Put "B" In WG's Budget Payment Plan,
November 12, 2004 |
| Nov
10, 2004 |
D.C.
Citizens Can Enjoy Reliable Electric Power And Beatiful
Trees! But, Who Should Referee These Competing Interests?
A
shorter version
of this letter appears in The Washington Post, November
10, 2004 Page A26 |
| Aug
5, 2004 |
D.C.
Court of Appeals Decision Supports the Community! Anacostia
Customer Service Center Kept OPEN |
| Apr
17, 2004 |
A
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post Submitted
by Elizabeth A. Noël |
| Apr
16, 2004 |
OPC
Defends and Protects District Ratepayers Interests In Mirant
Bankruptcy Case |
| Mar
31, 2004 |
D.C.
People's Counsel Tells C.O.G. Electric Power Summit “It's
The Trees... Stupid” |
| Jan
23, 2004 |
OPC
Proposes Sweeping Amendments To Update Utility Consumer
Bill Of Rights |
| Oct
22, 2003 |
Utilities
grilled over response to Isabel Area utility companies
did not plan adequately for Hurricane Isabel last month
and failed to communicate with many customers left without
power, officials from Maryland and the District of Columbia
charged yesterday. |
| Oct
19, 2003 |
Once
in a Century? FOLLOWING
THE power outages caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999, Baltimore
Gas and Electric Co. told its customers not to worry, since
Floyd was a "once-in-40-years storm." |
| Oct
18, 2003 |
U.S.
Asked To Review Electric Companies Area lawmakers
have called on the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate
the condition of Maryland's electricity system and determine
why local power companies saw so many customers lose service,
for so long, during Hurricane Isabel. |
| Oct
12, 2003 |
Pepco
Customers Will Pay Price for Power Play: Columnist
Marc Fisher parallels the effect of divestiture in California
to the financial peril PEPCO and local ratepayers now faces
due to divestiture and Mirant's efforts to cancel power
contracts with PEPCO. Page C-01
|
| Oct
8, 2003 |
WG
Rate Seeks New Rate Increase: NW Current Newspaper;
Page 14. Interview with Deputy People's Counsel on WG's
latest rate increase request for over $19 million.
|
| Sep
30, 2003 |
Diagnosing
our Power Problems: Letter to the Editor, Washington
Post Page A-18, addressing PEPCO's back to back August and
September power outages.
|
| Sep
29, 2003 |
Most
Utilities Finish Isabel Recovery: Electric Utility
Week; Page B2 As utilities throughout the path of Hurricane
Isabel wind down repairs, opinions, criticism and questions
remain about restoration efforts.
|
| Sep
27, 2003 |
Blaming
PEPCO; Editorial Page, Washington Post, Page A-24, Post
editorial writer questions whether PEPCO could have done
more.
|
| Sep
24, 2003 |
Despite
second storm, power restoration efforts continue:
Electric Power Daily, Page 1. Piggyback storm knocks out
service to thousands during Isabel restoration, in D.C.,
"It's the trees, stupid!"
|
| Sep
24, 2003 |
Storm
Deals Another Knockout Punch: Washington Post: Metro,
Page B-1 Power Utilities Report 100,000 New Outages.
|
| Sep
24, 2003 |
WMAL-AM
Radio 9:20am with Sam Donaldson: People's Counsel Noël
interviews with Sam Donaldson discussing the problems with
trees crashing PEPCO's power distribution system and the
need for a comprehensive inter-jurisdictional effort to
address this problem.
|
| Sep
23, 2003 |
USA
Tonight with Derek McGinty: WUSA-TV 7pm Interview with
People's Counsel Elizabeth A. Noël, re: OPC's call
for PEPCO outage investigation.
|
| Sep
9, 2003 |
WPFW-FM
Radio: with Gloria Minott: People's Counsel interview
with Minott explaining the need for investigation of the
August 2003 storm outages OPC has filed before the Public
Service Commission.
|
| Sep
7, 2003 |
More
Power to the People: Outlook Section article; Washington
Post Page B-8, PEPCO-Mirant Bankruptcy–recoving costs
associated with Business ventures is supposed to be a risk
for investors–not ratepayers.
|
| OPC
Press Releases: |
September
2, 2003: OPC calls for Public/Roundtable &
Community Hearings to improve PEPCO's Response to Power
Outages.
September
8, 2003: OPC seeks FERC Ruling on PEPCO-Mirant
Contacts
September
16, 2003: Mirant Sues to Stop OPC from Representing
the Interests for D.C. Ratepayers
September
24, 2003: OPC Again Calls on the D.C. Public Service
Commission to initiate an Investigation into PEPCO's "2003
Storm Outages"
September
25, 2003: OPC Files for Investigation to Remove
Graffiti from Public Pay Telephones: Tell Owners to Clean
Up or Remove Graffiti Marred Phones
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