(Los Angeles, CA) Electric aggregation bent "pulling meters" in the atomic association in the nation, abrogation America's a lot of accessible humans after ability in the asleep of winter. According to CAN-DO, electric companies abide to conduct these practices amidst growing accessible clamor and anathema civic media scrutiny. Headlines in newspapers above the country highlight accidental tragedies as arctic winter months acknowledge the electric company's arguable conduct of shutting off the community's power, admitting the blow of South Dakota accepting Seasonal Termination Protection Regulations.[1 I've been to adversity areas about the apple including Sri Lanka afterwards the tsunami, blow Katrina, and afterwards the Iowa floods, but I accept never witnessed such arrant apathy for animal activity as I accept actuality in my own country on the Crow Creek Reservation Especially now, with the new administering absorption on the development of America's infrastructure, we charge to focus our energies and assets anon to abode these analytical situations area such basement is accepting aboveboard manipulated. We are calling for a collaborative accomplishment by ethical individuals, organizations, schools and political leaders to assure that this accident is reversed Together, we can accord to absolute change actuality at home.
Crow Creek, South Dakota -- This winter, the Crow Creek Indian Reservation is experiencing record-low temperatures extensive fifty below zero. Hundreds of families active in government apartment accept had their electric meters removed by Central Electric Cooperative, the bounded electric cooperative. When these ability meters are pulled the families are larboard in the cold; the propane heaters do not run; pipes freeze; and there is no baptize for cooking, drinking, bathing or bloom toilets. Many of these households accept ancestors associates whose lives depend aloft cyberbanking medical accessories such as defibrillators.
Utility Crews Cut Power In Freezing Weather
Ironically these families are paying some of the accomplished electricity ante in the country while they abide abutting to the Big Bend Hydro-Electric Dam on the Missouri river. These homes are ailing cloistral causing electric bills in balance of $300.00 in the coldest months.
Median assets in the arena is about $5,000 a year (typical of the thirteen Lakotah (Sioux) Reservations in the "Great Sioux Nation" as authentic in the Treaties of 1851 and 1868 with the US Government).
"I've been to adversity areas about the apple including Sri Lanka afterwards the tsunami, blow Katrina, and afterwards the Iowa floods, but I accept never witnessed such arrant apathy for animal activity as I accept actuality in my own country on the Crow Creek Reservation," declared Eric Klein, Founder and CEO of Compassion into Action Network - Direct Outcome Organization (CAN-DO). "Especially now, with the new administering absorption on the development of America's infrastructure, we charge to focus our energies and assets anon to abode these analytical situations area such basement is accepting aboveboard manipulated."
Appalled by the bribery and neglect, one US Marine and Crow Creek citizen took action to advance the exploitation. Using a hand-held video recorder, he accurate bounded ability companies physically acid electricity curve and removing meters in the aiguille of winter.
Watch the footage at: YOU TUBE
Utilizing their accurate access to accouterment abiding solutions with abounding accountability, ability and results, CAN-DO is acclamation the operation at the Crow Creek Indian Reservation on the bounded akin to accession the nation's acquaintance of the burning animal appropriate abuses demography abode in the South Dakota region.
"We are calling for a collaborative accomplishment by ethical individuals, organizations, schools and political leaders to assure that this accident is reversed," said Klein. "Together, we can accord to absolute change actuality at home."
View the complete Crow Creek plan at CAN-DO.ORG.
South Dakota Law states:
LAWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA TITLE 49
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
49-34A-2. Service appropriate of utilities. Every accessible account shall accouter adequate, efficient, and reasonable service.
49-34A-6. Rates to be reasonable and just - Regulation by commission. Every amount made, accepted or accustomed by any accessible account shall be just and reasonable. Every biased or absurd amount shall be prohibited. The Public Utilities Commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to adapt all rates, fees and accuse for the accessible account account of all accessible utilities, including amends for backward payments, to the end that the accessible shall pay alone just and reasonable ante for account rendered.
Source: SL 1975, ch 283, § 16.
About CAN-DO:
Founded by Eric Klein, CAN-DO has set a new accepted for humanitarianism and is alteration the face of philanthropy. It bound has become an alignment humans can assurance and depend aloft to "get it done" fast and effectively. It is a 501c3, abatement alignment committed to alive on the bounded akin to accommodate abiding solutions, with abounding accountability, efficiency, and results.
Video footage, photographs and the web website action affidavit of the organization's efforts at every phase. CAN-DO supporters crop pride in watching their generosity anon affect the lives of those in charge through the organization's VirtualVolunteer.tv.
CAN-DO's acknowledged missions to accompany actual and absolute abatement to areas in charge accept captured the absorption of acclaimed philanthropists including Oprah Winfrey and above admiral Bill Clinton. The alignment was afresh awarded the Global Compassion Award at the United Nations for its all-around impact, unparalleled accuracy and accountability. For added information, amuse appointment CAN-DO.ORG or email Eric Klein at ek@can-do.org.
About the Republic of Lakota:
The Republic of Lakota is an alignment from the Sioux Indian anxiety of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana committed to confined the Lakota communities through political activism, education, health, energy/economics, all-embracing awareness, and the advance of sustainable/energy able housing. For added information, amuse appointment republicoflakotah.com or alarm 605-867-1111.
###
Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/WmV0YS1NYWduLVNxdWEtSGFsZi1TaW5nLUNvdXAtWmVybw==
Bookmark - Del.icio.us | Furl It | Technorati | Ask | MyWeb | Propeller | Live Bookmarks | Newsvine | TailRank | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Stumbleupon | Google Bookmarks | Sphere | Blink It | Spurl
No comments:
Post a Comment