Month: May 2014

2 posts found

Low wage workers in WV
Citizen Action Group Blog Gary Zuckett May 1, 2014
Senate Republicans Block Vote on Giving American a Raise
WV Citizen Action Group applauds Senators Rockefeller and Manchin, all Senate and House Democrats and Labor Secretary Tom Perez for fighting to raise the wage for 28 million American workers. Voters nationwide will remember in November who stood up for an America that works for all of us, not just Wall Street and their millionaire CEOs. More
Issues: Living wage
Citizen Action Group Blog Gary Zuckett May 1, 2014
Bait & Switch – Promised Rate Decrease Turns into $96 Million Hike
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals approved a PSC order that passed on to WV utility customers the $800 million dollar cost of the Harrison power plant. The PSC order upheld by the Court claimed the net impact of the 2013 sale of the Harrison Plant (from one of First Energy’s Ohio holdings to its Mon Power WV subsidiary) would be a $16 million decrease in consumer’s electric rates. One week after getting the Court’s approval, Mon Power now wants to increase its rates by $96 million. More
Issues: Energy