John,
In 27 states, it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off your power during the hottest days of summer.
And with another hot summer on the horizon — with deadly heat waves made worse by the climate crisis — losing power will leave people without air conditioning in extreme temperatures, threatening their health and safety.1
These utility companies are putting profits before people, and there are life-or-death consequences. In the summer of 2023, an Arizona woman died after her power was cut over a measly $51 debt.
It’s not right, John, but we can build the public pressure to stop them!
Private, for-profit utility companies have monopolized regional markets all over the country, often leaving us without the freedom to choose who to pay for electricity and heat. When there’s only one option, what choice do we have?
Though these utilities market themselves as providing energy as a public service, their actions prove they’re only motivated by one thing: profit.
They spend our money on unreliable, expensive fossil fuels that will burn down our planet, and on their own lobbying efforts to slow the transition to clean, renewable energy.
Then, they raise our rates to pad their wallets and maximize their profits, while turning off our power in seconds if we don’t pay them enough — even when it could kill us.
The more of us who speak out, the more pressure we’re building and the sooner we can stop these life-threatening shutoffs in every state.
In solidarity,
Candice Fortin for Team 350
1 - The Guardian
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PO Box 843004, Boston, MA 02284-3004
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