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.

  

 

1,850 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?

  • 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
  • Tadhy 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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