Councilmember Berliner “Deeply Dissapointed” With Exelon-Pepco Merger Approval
It’s official, PEPCO and Exelon have now completed a multi-billion dollar merger. Exelon received the final green light to purchase PEPCO after the Washington D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) voted two to one in favor of the deal on Wednesday. Key leaders in the District, including Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney General Karl Racine have previously stated their disapproval of the merger.
Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berlier, who is the chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, released a statement on his Facebook page in response to the PSC’s ruling.
“Yesterday’s reversal by the DC Public Service Commission to approve Exelon’s purchase of PEPCO was deeply disappointing. It’s approval now means that Exelon will totally dominate the Maryland market, including ours. Environmental and consumer interests were needlessly sacrificed. The only winners are PEPCO shareholders and Exelon’s bottom line, a bottom line that has been hammered by its huge investment in nuclear power,” Councilmember Berliner said in a statement.
“Getting a steady and more predictable flow of revenue generated by ratepayers was Exelon’s driving motivation. Those of us who are fighting for a new, 21st century utility are working to significantly reduce that revenue stream for the benefit of ratepayers and our planet. We want non-utility players to invest in solar, microgrids, and other clean distributed generation, and we want to stop compensating utilities on how much they invest and instead on how well they serve us.
“This will be a harder fight now given Exelon’s dependence on a predictable flow of ratepayer dollars. But it is a fight that we will be taking on in the year ahead now that this merger appears to be a done deal. Hope we will have your support.”
Yesterday’s reversal by the DC Public Service Commission to approve Exelon’s purchase of Pepco was deeply disappointing….
Posted by Roger Berliner on Thursday, March 24, 2016
PEPCO officially changed the name of it’s headquarters in the District on Thursday.
New look for @PepcoConnect @Exelon and lots of upside for millions of customers in New Jersey Delaware Maryland DC pic.twitter.com/dOjDcX0ymu
— Vincent Morris (@VincentMorris) March 24, 2016
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