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To the editor:
On Thursday, July 28, 1977, in a public statement, Preston C. Shannon, Chairman, State Corporation Commission, urged Virginia Congressman to defeat the Dingle Bill, which would shift the rate-making authority from state to federal agencies.
In this statement he said, “it is difficult enough for citizens of a state to come to the state capitol and testify in electric rate cases.” He also noted that the SCC has held hearings around the state, “in order to afford citizens an opportunity to make known their views to the Commission."
That Friday, Potomac Edison notified consumers that a rate increase hearing was scheduled by the SCC on October 4 and 5, in Richmond.
The average Potomac Edison consumer lives over 100 miles from Richmond. Therefore, his public statement, evaluated together with the Commission’s scheduling hearings in Richmond can only mean: 1) The Commission is knowingly aiding Potomac Edison at the expense of the consumer, by restraining, through distance, the consumer from attending the hearings. This course of action could easily be turned into a closed-door charade. 2) The Commission’s actions cast a further doubt whether the SCC can effectively
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