Category: General News
Our Planet, Our Future: An OPC Climate Summit to Empower Youth & DC Communities – April 29, 2023
Dear Friends and Associates, The Office of People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia invites you to attend OPC’s second in a series of community conversations on climate change on Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm, at Catholic University’s Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center. The target...
Check Out OPC’s 2021-2022 Progress Report on the work of the Office of People’s Counsel
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OPC Office Relocation
Effective November 1, 2022, the OPC office has moved to: 655 15th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC, 20005-5701. All correspondence should be directed to this new address. To communicate with OPC staff during the transition, all telephone numbers and staff email addresses will remain the same. No business will...
Verizon’s transition from copper wire telephone service to digital fiber-optic local phone service
On January 12, 2023 OPC’s Consumer Services and Litigation Services Divisions hosted an information briefing for consumers on the Verizon transition from traditional copper wire local phone service to local phone service that takes advantage of digital fiber optic technology. Hear directly from Verizon how the service differs, why FiOs...
Consumer Alert: Upcoming Utility Service Disconnections
OPC Warns Consumers of Upcoming Utility Service Disconnections
Water Affordability Study
D.C. Makes Water Affordability Possible for District Residents In June 2022, staff of The Office of the People’s Counsel (OPC) attended the 2022 National Energy & Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) conference in New Orleans, LA. OPC contracted the technical consulting firm, APPRISE, to conduct a Water Affordability Study for the...
OPC’s Advocacy Helps to Save Pepco Ratepayers $24.1 million
Washington, DC- People's Counsel for the District of Columbia Sandra Mattavous-Frye today announced that the DC Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement that lowers Pepco's distribution rates by $24.1 million. That means Pepco consumer rates will remain unchanged until 2021, based on the settlement agreement that the Office...
OPC Doubles Down in Opposing Pepco’s Multiyear Rate Hike Plans in PSC Filing
The Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia has filed an initial brief stating the reasons why the DC Public Service Commission (PSC) should reject Pepco’s application to increase rates. In the brief filed yesterday, People's Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye reiterates OPC’s opposition to both of Pepco’s Multiyear Rate Plans (MRPs)...
Need a Test? Get a Test: District Expands Free COVID-19 Testing at Firehouses Across DC
Beginning, Monday, June, 15, the District is expanding free COVID-19 testing to include four firehouses each day, Monday-Saturday. The firehouse testing sites are walk-up and no appointment is needed. Over the past two weeks, two firehouses have been open each evening, Monday through Friday, for free COVID-19 testing. So far,...
