Stilp coming into Saint Clair.
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA — Today Gene Stilp, Director of Taxpayers and Ratepayers United Association, walked fourteen miles in protest of the PPL Electric Utilities plan to raise electric rates by 40% for consumers from 29 Pennsylvania counties. Due to the removal of electric rate caps by the state legislature, 1.4 million ratepayers will be harshly affected by the increase on Jan. 1, 2010. Mr. Stilp began his protest walks in January this year, and so far he has visited seven counties urging legislators to propose an extension for the rate caps and to hold public meetings to increase consumer awareness.
This morning Mr. Stilp began his walk in Mahonoy City at Neal Goodman’s office and finished at Tim Seip’s office in Pottsville in the afternoon, all the while carrying a six-foot, 20-pound electric plug with a sign reading “Pull the Plug on PPL’s 40% Rate Hike.” Mr. Stilp plans to walk in each of the 29 affected counties in his campaign against the rate hike.
For more information, please visit www.pulltheplugonppl.com.
