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District Public Service Commission Pepco hearing Thursday 2-10-11

We have to start with the fact that Pepco doesn’t recognize homeowner & townhouse
associations as a Party of Rights*. This is evident by looking at those participating in the
process. The ICA does not believe that the Common Interest Communities are being served.

In-light of the fact that Pepco treats most of the CIC’s as a hodgepodge of different baskets:
1. Consumer accounts for the owners units,
2. Business accounts for common electrical utilities
3. Street lights are in yet another account

What does that mean: Their common area energy bills are consider as a small business
account and owner’s units either common walled or single family homes are considered
residential.

Whether this is by design or just negligence it has a huge impact; Since the consumer account
and business accounts are not tied together thus prevented from gaining discounts that energy
users of similar aggregation profiles have been getting for years like AOBA and District &
Montgomery governments own private one.

So as we look thought the past statements with regards to Smart-Meters and how the Public
Service Commission might rule it does not look good for Condominium, Cooperative, Single
Family & Town House Associations and the owners unless we take a stand and demand
collective rights.
Simply put! We call upon the Commission and Pepco to ((((stop)))) the process until they bring
in some of the real stake holders in this issues and do the work of the people that is expected of us all.

Everyone said WAIT. Now it seems DC said GO

Smart Meter Education Workshop, January 18
Herbert H. Jones, III, info@opc-dc.gov

Pepco has begun installing “smart meters,” at the premises of every electric customer in the District of Columbia. The Company anticipates that all of the new meters will be installed by December 2011. To assist DC consumers in the transition from traditional analog meters to the new “smart meters,” the Office of the People’s Counsel will continue to partnering with government agencies and community organizations to present “Smart Meter Education Workshops.”

At the Smart Meter Education Workshops consumer will learn what to do to prepare for the meter exchange; how to alert PEPCO that someone in your home has special medical needs; the steps of the meter installation process; and about proposed changes to rates, bills, and services. The DC Office of the People’s Counsel and Fairlawn Citizens Association will sponsor the next workshop on January 18, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., at Anacostia Neighborhood Library, Ora Glover Memorial Room, 1800 Good Hope Road, SE. To request disability accommodations or interpreter services, please contact OPC, at 727-3071, by January 12, 2011.

Did any Condo, Coop or Townhouse Board get notice that a private firm has been given permission to enter into your property and start drilling holes, altering how your building assessments are formulated when utilities have been part of the budget since the property was accepted by DCRA for development.

This is not going to be an easy transition if it happens at all and there is no way to do it with 1 meeting and it should be noted that at the Council Member Bowsers Public Round table every consumer and group there besides Pepco said WAIT.

To make matters worse this committee is now heading up by another council member and we are not sure they understand what a disaster this planned rollout by Pepco of smart meters is not a good plan for Common Interest Communities. If you don't like this you better say something.

Please contact Yvette Alexander, Ward 7
Tel: (202) 724-8068
Fax: (202) 741-0911
Email: yalexander@dccouncil.us