Anonymous wrote:It’s ridiculous in 2026 that lower income and economically disadvantaged people even have to pay for electricity at all. There should be a city voucher program to cover electricity cost for people with incomes under a certain threshold. The entire program could be funded with a very small fee on the electric bills of commercial users and high income households.

Anonymous wrote:It’s ridiculous in 2026 that lower income and economically disadvantaged people even have to pay for electricity at all. There should be a city voucher program to cover electricity cost for people with incomes under a certain threshold. The entire program could be funded with a very small fee on the electric bills of commercial users and high income households.

Anonymous wrote:"The bill, introduced by socialist mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4), would prohibit Pepco, the city’s primary electricity provider, from disconnecting services for any customer owing less than $1,000 for 90 days. Lewis George argued the shutoff moratorium is necessary to ensure that D.C. residents who are struggling to get by don’t have to pay bills that might have been inflated. “For some people this is a strain on their finances, but for many it’s a breaking point,” she said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/05/dc-utility-shutoff-moratorium-pepco-lewis-george/

San Francisco here we come of lewis george is elected mayor

Anonymous wrote:What income level would be considered "high income level" to subsidize the energy costs for the lower income levels?

Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous anyone has to pay for electricity it's a human right like healthcare or food or a house with spa showers.

Anonymous wrote:I mean, what's the current policy. I once had a banking issue that resulted in not paying my bill for four months (by accident, was sent to autopay but my bank tried to draw from the wrong account and the notices were going to spam) and wound up with an $800+ bill, and then we just paid it and nothing happened. Never even got a warning notice from Pepco, they just billed us (a frankly minuscule) late payment charge.

Anonymous wrote:I mean, what's the current policy. I once had a banking issue that resulted in not paying my bill for four months (by accident, was sent to autopay but my bank tried to draw from the wrong account and the notices were going to spam) and wound up with an $800+ bill, and then we just paid it and nothing happened. Never even got a warning notice from Pepco, they just billed us (a frankly minuscule) late payment charge.