Green Energy Companies seem more interested in the Green when it comes to Poor and Minority Customers

Green power companies supplying energy to District of Columbia and Maryland residents are under scrutiny for allegedly luring customers with promises of cheaper monthly energy bills — then jacking up the prices. 

Complaints against green energy companies delivering power to D.C. and Maryland residents are on the rise, The Washington Post reports. 

The D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel has recorded 145 consumer complaints against seven green power providers this year. Approximately 75 percent of those complaints come from wards that are overwhelmingly minority and have high poverty rates. According to the OPC, many people filing complaints are senior citizens.

“Clearly, the problem is wider than just one provider,” Sandra Mattavous-Frye, the people’s counsel, told the Post. “This is a big issue. There should be an industry-wide investigation.” 

Many of those complaints — 29 this year — are against a company called Starion Energy, which supplies power in D.C. and eight eastern states. One of Starion’s customers, Lisa Ford, was promised a monthly electric bill cut in half after she switched over to the company. 

However, that’s not what happened to Ford’s bills — they increased from $96 per month in her first bill to $149 per month by her third.

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