I want to replace RG&E with a local, community controlled public utility!

I want to replace RG&E with a local, community controlled public utility!

Did you know that we can vote out the foreign-owned corporation that owns and controls RG&E? RG&E is owned by a foreign multinational corporation called Iberdrola that extracts over $95 million in profits from our region every year. Rochester for Energy Democracy (RED) is Metro Justice’s campaign to replace foreign-owned RG&E in Monroe County into a not for profit, locally controlled public utility.

RG&E's track record speaks volumes—surprise billing, exorbitant rates, terrible customer service, and rising rates have plagued our community for far too long. In addition to being unresponsive to the needs of city residents, RG&E has all but ignored the impending climate crisis, continued to invest in fossil fuels, and lobbied against green energy policies. It's time for change.

  

 

1,672 signatures

By signing this petition, I support the call to replace RG&E with a locally owned and community controlled public utility that meets the needs of our communities instead of serving the greed of distant investors and CEOs. I want a public utility based on the principles of energy democracy:

  • Affordable Rates,
  • Local investment of ratepayer dollars to prioritize customer service and a reliable grid, 
  • A fast and equitable transition to zero greenhouse gas emissions, 
  • More good paying union jobs and a just transition for fossil fuel energy workers, 
  • Public ownership of the utility, where it is run by value-aligned general management and its current employees, governed by an elected Board of Directors, and has a real say for ratepayers. 

Will you sign?

  • Sheena Mazzole
    signed 2022-12-20 13:42:33 -0500
    Bad service
  • Josh Cunningham
    signed 2022-12-20 13:35:16 -0500
  • Suzanne Resnick
    signed 2022-12-20 13:29:11 -0500
  • Kelsey Teetsel
    signed 2022-12-20 13:21:06 -0500
  • Julia Cayer
    signed 2022-12-20 09:35:52 -0500
    RGE has had an unfair monopoly on Rochester for decades, it’s unfair that we have no options and prices are so unjust. I shouldn’t have to pay thousands for heating my house, heat and electricity is a right not a privilege.
  • Brady Fergusson
    signed 2022-12-20 08:18:16 -0500
  • Pamela Graham
    signed 2022-12-20 03:00:31 -0500
  • Joshua Sacks
    signed 2022-12-19 20:11:05 -0500
  • Dean Anthony LaBarge
    signed 2022-12-19 19:25:01 -0500
    RG&E being the ONLY option means NO option.
  • Alysha Robertson
    signed 2022-12-19 18:40:42 -0500
  • Michael Simson
    signed 2022-12-19 18:16:45 -0500
  • Bruce Gorman
    signed 2022-12-19 18:04:57 -0500
  • Lalena Parkhurst
    signed 2022-12-19 18:04:03 -0500
  • Maxine Manjos
    signed 2022-12-19 17:50:16 -0500
    All common sense leads to publicly held utilities. Let’s make our utilities work for the benefit of our citizens.
  • Cat Hardesty
    signed 2022-12-19 14:53:15 -0500
  • Karen Pelc
    signed 2022-12-19 13:34:47 -0500
    Looking forward to working with you to make this happen
  • Arthur Mason
    signed 2022-12-19 09:48:04 -0500
  • Nicholas Baldo
    signed 2022-12-19 09:45:52 -0500
    I think this is fantastic. You have my full support. I think we should Nationalize the entire energy grid!
  • Susan Roumpapas
    signed 2022-12-18 09:40:26 -0500
    I, too, am tired of being raped by these corps. run by “the Matrix Masters” – there must be a better way……
  • Charles McLellan
    signed 2022-12-17 16:45:09 -0500
  • David Sell
    signed 2022-12-17 12:50:26 -0500
    100% in favor of making RG&E a public utility. Like hundreds of others, I have had my share of very unpleasant and frustrating experiences with this failure of a company.
  • Mike Sutton
    signed 2022-12-17 12:33:13 -0500
  • Robin Mason
    signed 2022-12-17 08:34:43 -0500
    Time for a change
  • Ronald Cassidy
    signed 2022-12-16 18:33:19 -0500
  • Bonnie Armontrout
    signed 2022-12-16 07:27:35 -0500
  • Robert Koschnick
    signed 2022-12-15 17:05:51 -0500
  • Colleen Shields
    signed 2022-12-15 13:10:59 -0500
  • Frank Dauenhauer
    signed 2022-12-14 18:21:36 -0500
    I support an energy system that meets the needs of our communities, and community ownership of the utility as a cooperative, with an elected Board of Directors.
  • Nancy Bates
    signed 2022-12-14 14:10:54 -0500
  • Sara L Pulver
    signed 2022-12-14 13:10:51 -0500
    An energy utility should not be for profit!

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