Electricity Crisis_2 05-11-15

SINGLE "E" IN JAFFE, RHYMES W/ "ELECTRICITY"...this writer did it again: Democratic Senate Candidate and consumer leader Ralph Jaffe spells his name w/ 2 "FF"s and 1 "E", but the "E" rhymes w/ the long E sound in "Electricity"...Chris Bush types Ralph's name as it sounds- w 2 EEs- instead of how it's spelled, w/ just 1 E...this faux pas is a redux- yours truly committed the same sound gaffe when Jaffe ran for Guv in 2014 (and, all I had to do is simply doublecheck his email which, of course, is single-E'd)...however, maybe I've stumbled on a way to remind oneself how to pronounce and spell Ralph's last name via the following acronym:

 

J Job 1 is to fight for consumers and the public

A Advocate for clean government and campaign finance reform

F Firm Friend of ratepayers

F Forward thinking policies

E Energy reforms including Re-Regulation of utility monopolies; the "E" in Jaffe rhymes w/ "electricity"

...because of my spelling miscue, Chris Bush has to stay after school, as a result, and write on the blackboard "Krauser is a schemer" 100 times-cb


Chris Bush

Publisher, the Electricity Crisis

chris.chrisbush.bush008@gmail.com

(410) 227-9648

(443) 840-9041

 

Electricity Crisis 04-06-16

RALPH JAFFE FOR US SENATE...the Electricity Crisis is endorsing community leader and longtime consumer champion Ralph Jaffe for the Democratic nomination for US Senator in Maryland...Jaffe has been a tireless advocate for ratepayers against the Exelon/Constellation/BGE cartel...Ralph has done yeoman's service fighting against the BGE rate theft, challenging the Outfit over its terrible reliability problems...Ralph has written letters to the Editor repeatedly to the Baltimore Sun (see his latest piece against the EX/PEP Merger following this article below), has been interviewed repeatedly by area TV and radio,  has testified before the Maryland Public Service Commission- and has called on the resignation of the PSC for its pro-utility decisions- and Ralph has initiated citizen lawsuits...many of the Democratic readers of the Electricity Crisis are split between Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards, but I'd like you folks to support Ralph's service in your behalf...consider this: in the area of tax policy,  progressives often support higher taxes- especially on wealthy elites- in order to support social programs and to fund infrastructure...those tax dollars are used for the public benefit...yet, when Exelon scores one of its many rate hikes, that has an equivalent impact upon the public as a tax hike, BUT the rate increase is REGRESSIVE, AND the net proceeds are siphoned off by Exelon to pay for corporate comp and shareholder dividends...Edwards and Van Hollen have been SILENT, yet these increases are NO small matter...regarding BGE's 2006 rate theft BY ITSELF, Exelon has scored OVER $5 BILLION DOLLARS IN OVERPAYMENTS which went to Constellation- and then Exelon's- coffers...meantime, there have been a never ending series of rate hikes for "distribution", "smart meters", "reliability upgrades", "revenue decoupling", "renewable energy credits", and now Baltimore city consumers are about to be hit with massive rate hikes in conjunction w/ higher assessments related to The Conduit- the vast underground matrix of distributions lines underneath B'More (even if you're a liberal who supports green energy solutions- like Renewable Energy Credits [RECS], such RECS passed on to ratepayers currently- why not back Jaffe who'll use his office to address having Exelon pick up the tab for RECS instead of utility customers?) ...now that Exelon has purchased PEPCO, PEPCO customers- as well as DelMarva Power ratepayers- will also be in Dearborn Street's crosshairs...remember: the reliability upgrades that Exelon "promises" are being paid by consumers (not to mention various low income programs designed to assist families on the lower tiers of the income scale: while the programs are important for poorer folks, the entity which should shoulder the cost of same is Exelon shareholders, NOT utility ratepayers which Dearborn Street will stick w/ the tab via rate hikes) such payments really double payments, as ratepayers have supposedly been paying for same in the past, only to have the corporadoes MISuse the proceeds of same to line their pockets...these transgressions against the public amounts to BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS...Edwards and Van Hollen will do NOTHING to stop these abuses, whereas Jaffe will fight them- this time from a perch in the US Senate, where Jaffe can call for public hearings and also use the enormous leverage a single Senator holds to pressure the leadership to rein in Exelon...remember, Exelon is now the LARGEST UTILITY IN THE US...Chris Crane & Cru control power for TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS...who do YOU want in charge of the needed utility infrastructure upgrades?...who do YOU want overseeing the nonstop corporate conglomeration over utility companies?...who do YOU want to check the avarice and greed of merchant power monopolies and their wholly owned subsidiaries?...who do YOU want to safeguard the grid?...who do YOU want to look out for your interests over nuclear power?...who do YOU want to stand up to the never ending series of rate thefts rammed through compliant public service commissions and the FERC?...two career politicians who are friendly w/ the Exelon mafia?...or, a longtime ally of citizens and ratepayers named Ralph Jaffe?... we need a consumer defender in the US Senate, and, quite frankly, Edwards and Van Hollen will NOT lift a finger against Exelon's excesses...it's time to reward someone who's been in the trenches for Maryland ratepayers...vote Ralph Jaffe on April 26, 2016 (or on April 14th or thereafter if you're an early voter)-cb


Chris Bush

Publisher, the Electricity Crisis


chris.chrisbush.bush008@gmail.com


(410) 227-9648


(443) 840-9041