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May 11, 2026
Washington DC -- The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia today issued the following statement in response to the May 8, 2026, DC Public Service Commission denial of OPC's request to immediately refund Pepco rates that went into effect January 1, 2025.
OPC is disappointed that the PSC has chosen to hold over rates that are effectively unlawful and has chosen not to consider refunds until after it issues a new order setting rates at some time in the future. The DC Court of Appeals clearly ruled the process by which the rates were set was flawed. But the Commission finds it appropriate to require the public to wait to learn whether it will receive any justice at all, while Pepco can continue "business as usual, said Deputy People's Counsel Karen Sistrunk.
OPC sought a reversal of the current rates based on the March 5th court ruling siding with OPC's argument that the PSC failed to honor the statutory due process rights of ratepayers when it approved a multiyear rate increase without holding an evidentiary hearing. The court vacated the PSC’s order approving the rate increase, ruling it was improper, and sent it back to the PSC.
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