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22 Sep 2021
Join our campaign for greener, cheaper public power!
Sign up for our mailing list and let us know if you'd like to chat with an organizer to get more involved:
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We Power DC retweeted
Jun 11
Pepco cash keeps rolling in for @kenyanmcduffie! Days ago, Pepco CFO Elizabeth Morgan Downs O’Donnell gave the legal max. McDuffie let Pepco raise utility bills hundreds of dollars a year. Now Pepco is repaying the favor.
List of McDuffie Pepco payoffs ⤵️
sierraclub.org/dc/blog/2026/…
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We Power DC retweeted
Jun 10
Superb overview from @WePowerDC of @kenyanmcduffie serving for-profit utilities, not DC residents. We get higher bills and dirtier energy, @PepcoConnect and @washingtongas get higher profits. Do you want McDuffie for mayor?
wepowerdc.org/latest-news/po…
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We Power DC retweeted
Jun 10
I’m running for DC Council because I know a better Ward 1 is not just possible, it is within reach.
We can and should make it easier and more affordable to live in DC. Over the course of this campaign, we've released 10 policy platforms that aim to do just that:
ALT Full Policy Platform: A Better DC is Possible
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McDuffie was the deciding vote to approve DC's disastrous no-bid sports betting contract.
All these years later, DC is still trying to fix the mess.
Now, the Maryland businessman who made millions on the deal is returning the favor by spending $45,000 to make McDuffie Mayor.
Jun 8
New today: After over 15 years of on-and-off controversies, most famously involving that botched sports gambling app, D.C.'s lottery contractor is severing ties with a local businessman. axios.com/local/washington-d…
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During all of 2025, Kenyan McDuffie held an hour (and 3 minutes) worth of oversight as chair of the committee responsible for utilities.
No wonder our Pepco bills skyrocketed under his watch!
On the DC Council, I held oversight hearings on public utilities. Janeese Lewis George didn’t show up for a single one. Now she wants to talk about the cost of public utilities — during a campaign. DC deserves a Mayor who was on this issue before it was politically convenient.
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Janeese has been fighting against utility rate hikes on DC residents since her first day on the Council. You were in charge of overseeing PEPCO for 9 years and rubber-stamped astronomical rate hikes.
5 Jan 2021
1 out of every 6 DC residents is behind on their payments to PEPCO. Businesses are shutting down across the District.
PEPCO's proposal to raise electricity prices by $135.9 million during a pandemic fails to put people first and must be rejected.
Read my testimony to @DC_PSC:
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This is Donna Cooper. Previously Pepco’s top lobbyist. She got him to kill an energy affordability measure in 2018. It costs DC families $300-$500 a year.
Hundreds of millions for Pepco. A few mins waving a sign. Good deal for Pepco, bad deal for DC.
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We Power DC retweeted
Jun 4
This is it! There are only TWO weekends left between now and Election Day on June 16!
If we want a Ward 1 and a DC that will work for all of us, it will take all of us. Help us get out the vote by signing up for a canvass this weekend: mobilize.us/aparnafordc/
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DC had the chance to lock in lower renewable energy rates in 2018 with the Clean Energy DC Act.
As Council Committee Chair, McDuffie stripped the provision from the bill as a favor to Pepco lobbyists.
Today, DC residents are paying ~$24 more a month as a result of the decision.
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At EEI 2026.
At my first panel Kim Greene, CEO of Georgia Power, is talking about the importance of their rate freeze.
Rate freezes used to be a fringe proposal. If even Georgia Power can embrace it, worth considering how much bolder policymakers can go.
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Jun 1
Happy Pride Month, DC! 🌈 Save the date for a special Pride-themed Meet & Greet with Aparna at Sinners and Saints next Wednesday, June 10!
RSVP here: mobilize.us/aparnafordc/even…
ALT Graphic that says "Pride Meet & Greet, Sinners and Saints, 2309 18th Street NW, Wednesday June 10 6-8 pm", with a photo of Aparna in a sparkly rainbow jacket
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We Power DC retweeted
May 28
GET OUT THE VOTE for a Public Power Champion! Come knock doors in Ward 1 for @aparnafordc! Details and link in bio.
mobilize.us/aparnafordc/even…
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May 27
These tenants are so important for creating an affordable, clean, reliable utility. We can have a grid that works for our communities and local economy, and not just act as a wealth transfer to corporations.
May 26
As the climate crisis intensifies, our plan focuses on lowering energy costs, investing in renewable energy, fighting for relief for low-income residents, and eventually moving towards municipally-owned utilities.
Read the full platform: aparnafordc.com/platform
ALT Graphic with bulleted list: Lower electric bills by regulating utility monopolies, Invest in cheap, reliable, and renewable energy resources, Create good jobs and protect DC’s consumers, Democratize our utilities”
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We Power DC retweeted
May 26
Monopoly utilities are raking in millions while hiking up rates on consumers who are struggling to keep up with their bills.
That’s why today, we’re announcing a new policy platform for Affordable, Clean Energy.
ALT Graphic that says “Policy Platform, Clean & Affordable Energy” with a photo of a group of Aparna for DC canvassers in the background
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We Power DC retweeted
May 21
This campaign is bigger than one person. It’s about renters, workers, immigrants, and families trying to get by.
We've donated, canvassed, and talked to voters, and now we have one last ask of you.
Rank Aparna Raj #1 in the Ward 1 DC Council race by June 16.
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We Power DC retweeted
May 18
Coincidentally this is the first time I’m voting in a primary where I feel like my vote matters across the board and am excited to to enthusiastically vote for each of my candidates @Janeese4DC, @BrianforDC, @aparnafordc, @repoyedc & @tweetelissa
May 18
probably the first time i’ll be voting in a democratic primary and quite literally not fully like a single candidate i’m voting for. this dc pool is so bleh.
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We Power DC retweeted
May 19
Big news: we’ve knocked the doors of over 50,000 voters!! 🥳🚪
Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend, including @IAFF36, @WTUTeacher, AFGE 2728, and @labor_mdcdsa to talk to neighbors about our plans for a more affordable DC.
Join us: mobilize.us/aparnafordc/
ALT Photo of Aparna with a group of canvassers
ALT Photo of Aparna shaking the hand of a canvasser from IAFF 36
ALT Photo from a canvass launch with Aparna with a group of canvassers
ALT Group photo from a big canvass launch with Aparna and canvassers holding Aparna for DC signs
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We Power DC retweeted
May 15
Ballots have been mailed! A reminder to rank Aparna Raj #1 for Ward 1 to get a true public power champion on the Council to fight for lower bills, local energy, and true community control 💡💯
Get involved until election day: mobilize.us/aparnafordc/
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