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You may contact Jack's staff directly or at regularly scheduled community and ANC meetings. Questions raised by constituents provide Jack with useful information during oversight and budgetary hearings.
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OFFICE OF PEOPLE'S COUNSEL FOR The Office of the People's Counsel is an independent agency of the DC government. By law, it is the advocate for consumers of natural gas, electric and telephone services in the District. DC law designates the Office as a party to all utility-related proceedings before the Public Service Commission. The Office also represents the interests of District ratepayers before federal regulatory agencies. The Office is authorized to investigate the operation and valuation of utility companies independently of any pending proceeding and is also empowered to represent no-fault automobile insurance consumers if the Superintendent of Insurance holds a rate hearing. The Office's mandate is to advocate the provision of quality utility service and equitable treatment at rates that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory to District ratepayers; to assist individual consumers in disputes with utility companies about billing or services; and to provide technical assistance and consumer education to the Consumer Utility Board ("CUB") and other community groups. The Office also actively participates in proceedings regarding the installation and removal of public pay telephones in the community. The Office is headed by the People's Counsel, an attorney appointed to a three-year term by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
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Councilmember
Evans' office fields over 100 phone calls and nearly 200 e-mails each
day. Some residents contact Jack to relate their opinions on matters
before the Council, but most are calling because they are having trouble
negotiating DC's bureaucracy.
