Our friends at the Minnesota Tenants' Union are calling for a rally tomorrow at the corporate headquarters of CenterPoint Energy (formerly Minnegasco) in downtown Minneapolis, 800 Lasalle Avenue. The rally is in response to a state investigation into CenterPoint's apparent practice of demanding full payment of past utility bills before agreeing to restore heat in a customer's home, without inquiring about or advising the customer of the Cold Weather Rule and the right of a low-income customer to reconnection if they agree to pay 10 percent of their income toward utilities.
Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission is now investigating CenterPoint's practice and whether CenterPoint has violated state law. Because of the investigation, CenterPoint has agreed to restore heat immediately to about 300 affected customers, but claims that it must hear from those customers first to arrange for reconnection. If you know of someone whose heat has been shut off by CenterPoint, that person should call the Public Utilities Commission immediately at (651) 296-0406. More information about this issue, the MTU's rally, and about Minnesota's Cold Weather Rule is now online on our website at: www.project504.org/heat_investigation.htm Gregory Luce Project 504 Residing in St. Paul REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
