I want a public utility and community-owned clean energy in Rochester, NY.

Our current energy system is ruled by for-profit oil and gas companies, and for-profit utility corporations like Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E). As a result, we pay expensive energy bills while the continued use of fossil fuels pushes us towards catastrophic environmental damage that jeopardizes our futures. For decades, Rochester residents have suffered rate hikes, shut offs in winter, power outages caused by a disastrously maintained grid, and poor service so that RG&E's shareholders can pocket millions in profit every year. 

  

 

1,205 signatures

By signing this petition, I support the call for an energy system that meets the needs of our communities instead of meeting the greed of distant investors and CEOs. Instead of the greedy RG&E corporation overcharging us for more dirty energy, I want a local and community-controlled public utility based on the principles of energy Democracy:

  • Affordable Rates; No More Unjust Shutoffs.
  • Transition to Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030.
  • More Good-paying Union Jobs, and a Just Transition for Energy Workers.
  • Community Ownership of the Utility as a Cooperative Utility, with an elected Board of Directors, and a real say for ratepayers. 

Will you sign?

  • Alexis Feidler
    signed 2023-09-24 20:30:43 -0400
  • Mj Curry
    signed 2023-09-24 17:48:23 -0400
  • Abby Lupi
    signed 2023-09-24 16:55:00 -0400
  • Matt Gilligan
    signed 2023-09-23 15:12:08 -0400
  • Daryl Odhner
    signed 2023-09-18 15:14:51 -0400
  • Ginny Maier
    signed 2023-09-18 14:20:14 -0400
  • denise Mack
    signed 2023-09-18 12:18:33 -0400
  • Lara Sullivan
    signed 2023-09-17 17:39:12 -0400
  • Patrick McCann
    signed 2023-09-15 20:47:55 -0400
  • Carlton Huff
    signed 2023-09-15 18:00:47 -0400
  • Philip Schwartz
    signed 2023-09-08 18:58:16 -0400
  • James Best
    signed 2023-09-06 08:40:43 -0400
  • Amy Doohan
    signed 2023-08-30 23:04:32 -0400
  • Jess Lindsay
    signed 2023-08-29 18:36:42 -0400
  • Wyatt Kaidy
    signed 2023-08-27 11:33:48 -0400
    Electric and gas should be a public service and run sustainably without a profit motive.
  • Jennie Gilardoni
    signed 2023-08-22 18:59:24 -0400
  • Jenna McDavid
    signed 2023-08-22 14:31:56 -0400
  • Sue Gerber
    signed 2023-08-22 13:26:09 -0400
  • Kuldip Mangla
    signed 2023-08-21 12:08:10 -0400
  • Zach Bruno
    signed 2023-08-16 14:59:27 -0400
  • Chad Kepley
    signed 2023-08-11 19:35:04 -0400
    RG& E has a monopoly on energy in this region. They have used this monopoly to rob every citizen of their hard earned money for the energy they need. They’ve allowed scammers to infiltrate their company while having this power further hurting families that live in their fiefdom. Enough is enough.
  • Anthony Judice
    signed via 2023-07-29 18:24:40 -0400
  • Sean Olson
    signed 2023-07-28 20:22:50 -0400
  • Malik Elmas
    signed 2023-07-28 07:08:08 -0400
    RG&E too expensive ı want local service
  • Timothy Hutton
    signed via 2023-07-26 16:56:21 -0400
  • Amanda Casey
    signed 2023-07-26 13:02:55 -0400
  • Selamawit Estifanos
    signed 2023-07-24 19:59:11 -0400
  • Emily Traw
    signed 2023-07-20 11:58:06 -0400
  • Margaret Moncada
    signed 2023-07-19 07:34:57 -0400
  • Jay Newman
    signed 2023-07-18 15:43:20 -0400

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