5647648 Public Roundtable on Review of Utilities in the District of Columbia  

  • Council of the District of Columbia

    Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

    Notice of Public Roundtable

     

    John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119  Washington, DC 20004                                        

     

    Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chairperson

    Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

    Announces a Public Roundtable

     

    Review of Utilities in the District of Columbia

     

    Monday, October 5, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

    John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

    Washington, DC 20004

     

    Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs to review the delivery of services by utilities operating in the District of Columbia. The public roundtable is scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004.

     

    The purpose of the public roundtable is to review the delivery of services by utilities to the residents of the District of Columbia including: Pepco reliability, DC PLUG, Net energy metering, the implementation of the Accelerated Pipeline Replacement Plan, Verizon’s efforts to move from telephone service provided over copper facilities to telephone service provided over fiber facilities, and the oversight role of the Public Service Commission.

     

    Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public roundtable are asked to contact Ms. Faye Caldwell, Special Assistant to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, at (202) 727-6683, or via e-mail at fcaldwell@dccouncil.us and furnish their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Friday, October 2, 2015. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

     

    If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until close of business Monday, October 19, 2015.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.