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?

  • Joe DiFiore
    signed 2020-04-27 10:27:24 -0400
  • Allie Dentinger
    signed 2020-04-25 18:50:33 -0400
  • Deven Coulter-Reed
    signed 2020-04-25 15:03:37 -0400
    Deven Coulter
  • Adrian Martin
    signed 2020-04-22 20:15:05 -0400
  • Patty Love
    signed 2020-04-20 16:49:27 -0400
  • James Bearden
    signed 2020-04-18 12:44:16 -0400
  • jack black
    signed 2020-04-17 23:41:00 -0400
    may
  • Kris Pikul
    signed 2020-04-04 22:08:39 -0400
  • Deborah McKinzie
    signed 2020-03-23 13:34:50 -0400
  • Christin Babcock
    signed 2020-03-20 17:12:42 -0400
    Christin Babcock
  • Arise Shapley
    signed 2020-03-16 15:12:27 -0400
  • Christopher McCamic
    signed 2020-03-04 20:30:44 -0500
    Christopher McCamic
  • Matthew Witten
    signed 2020-02-14 15:41:54 -0500
  • Laura Rowley
    signed 2020-02-14 06:28:40 -0500
  • Brady Fletcher
    signed 2020-02-11 14:26:57 -0500
  • Elizabeth Henderson
    signed 2020-02-07 13:59:47 -0500
    Time to get off fossil fuels and shift to a community controlled clean and renewable energy system.
  • Shannon Coughlin
    signed 2020-02-06 15:26:00 -0500
    Shannon Coughlin
  • Jessica R Semon
    signed 2020-01-30 23:40:03 -0500
  • Christina Ruzicka
    signed 2020-01-14 22:27:02 -0500
  • Samuel Genovese
    signed 2020-01-14 20:43:01 -0500
    Samuel L Genovese
  • Ashley Messer
    signed 2020-01-14 17:35:44 -0500
  • Adam Henne
    signed 2020-01-13 19:51:45 -0500
  • Colin O'Malley
    signed 2020-01-13 13:36:50 -0500
    Private utilities will never respond to the climate crisis at the critical pace needed to actually have an impact, it’s contrary to their profit-driven nature. We need public utilities if we have any hope of pushing back the climate crisis. If we had meaningful energy democracy we would have made significant gains in the fight against climate change years ago.
  • Wendy Low
    signed 2020-01-04 19:08:06 -0500
  • Matthew Ehlers
    signed 2019-12-31 09:50:39 -0500
  • Heather Dulisse
    signed 2019-12-30 15:17:35 -0500
    Heather Dulisse
  • Tim Nolan
    signed 2019-12-21 17:01:28 -0500
  • Gabrielle Prince
    signed 2019-12-11 11:10:28 -0500
  • Patricia Neal
    signed 2019-11-14 21:45:39 -0500
  • Nazirah Darden
    signed 2019-11-13 19:22:43 -0500

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