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Summer is coming, John.

And during the hottest days of the year, having reliable electricity can
be a matter of life and death. Without it, indoor temperatures can rise
quickly and dangerously.

Yet utility companies like Duke Energy can unilaterally decide to shut off
your power for nonpayment — even in the middle of a sweltering summer.

This is unacceptable, John,
and the consequences can be deadly. No one
should have their health or life put at risk by their utility company.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: It’s time for Duke Energy to stop the summer shutoffs.

[ [link removed] ]Sign on >>

Duke Energy operates in six of the hottest states in the country: Florida,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. These states
are all among the 27 in which it’s still perfectly legal for utility
companies to shut off customers’ power on the hottest days.^1

While private utility companies market themselves as providing energy as a
public service, their main motive is profit. They raise our rates to pad
their wallets, but turn off our power in seconds if we don’t pay them
enough.

And where do those profits go? Utility companies use them to invest in
fossil fuels — the same fossil fuels that are fueling the climate crisis
and making summers longer, hotter, and more dangerous to the most
vulnerable in our communities.

Having reliable access to electricity is a matter of survival in extreme
weather. It should be guaranteed as a right to all — not a privilege for
the wealthy few.

[ [link removed] ]Before summer officially begins, will you add your name to our petition
calling on Duke Energy to stop the summer shutoffs?

[ [link removed] ]Sign on >>

This is only the beginning,
John. With your help, we’ve
sent thousands of letters to Congress calling for a national ban on summer
shutoffs. The more of us who speak out, the more pressure we build, and
the sooner we can stop these life-threatening shutoffs nationwide.

In solidarity,

Candice Fortin for Team 350

1 - [ [link removed] ]The Guardian




 




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