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.
