Operation Lights Out plans rally against PE rate hike
A Frederick County protest movement titled Operation Lights Out plans a 7 30 p m Thursday rally at Prospect Hall to oppose Potomac Edison s 22 percent rate increase and coordinate a strategy for the January 27 public hearing at Winchester Hall. Attorney Dan Rupli organizer says the blackout action Sunday aims to show residents cannot pay higher bills and urges officials to address the plight of older residents on fixed incomes and working middle class.
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Potomac Edison
Prospect Hall
Burkittsville
Dan Rupli
P.m
Winchester Hall
Winchester
Frederick
Statehouse
Congress
Senate
Rupli
Goodloe E. Byron
Rupti
Frederick County
PSC
Winchester Room
Hagerstown
Public Service Commission Powers Over Potomac Edison Rates
Maryland’s Public Service Commission governs rate cases and regulatory duties for Potomac Edison. It comprises three governors appointees plus a chairman, with broad authority to set just and reasonable rates, inspect records, and suspend or extend temporary rates while hearings determine public interest.
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Potomac Edison
PSC
Marvin Mandel
Robert L. Sullivan
William S Baldwin
Frederick
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
M. Bayne Brooke
Wilson B Stringer
Commission
Maryland
Reasons for parole denials made public by ruling
A federal judge ordered the U S Board of Parole to disclose its reasons for denying parole to federal inmates. Judge Joseph C Waddy ruled in a FOIA suit brought by the National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation Inc seeking access to a parole denial decision and its stated reasons.
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Washington
U.S. Board of Parole
U.S
Joseph C. Waddy
National Prison Project
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc
Access
Parole Board
Mayors seek national urban policy at regional conference
The National Democratic Conference of Mayors opens a nine region series in Wilmington to draft a national urban policy. Leaders urge a $5 billion emergency boost and seek support from about 1,100 mayors to push federal action and a city focus in the 1976 platform. Biden spoke via video, while Hartke, Ford met with the group.
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Wilmington
Del
National Democratic Conference of Mayors
New York
Abraham D. Beame
Democratic Mayors’ Caucus
Henry Maher
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford
Maier
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Harold E. Ford
D-Tenn
Joseph R. Biden
Ddelaware
Washington
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