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.
Add your name: It’s time for Duke Energy to stop the summer shutoffs.
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.
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 - The Guardian
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