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Sam Katz Is Right: It’s Time for Philly to Get Creative and Privatize
Sam Katz is right. In a recent Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece, he urged “creative solutions” to the city’s funding crises. Among his recommendations were the passing of an […]
Committee of 70 Presses Council for PGW Sale Hearing
Just a few weeks after its first attempt, the Committee of 70 has renewed its campaign to get City Council to hold a hearing on […]
Council Will Consider PGW Sale on Its Timeline — Not the Mayor’s
CBS Philly reports that the City Council will adjourn for the summer on June 19th without deciding whether to approve the sale of Philaelphia Gas […]
Protesters Deliver Petition Against PGW Sale
Protesters on Tuesday delivered petitions containing “several thousand” signatures to Council President Darrell Clarke, opposing the city’s sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to a private […]
Committee of Seventy Asks for Public Hearing on PGW Sale
A press release from the Committee of Seventy just hit our inbox: SEVENTY URGES PUBLIC HEARING ON PGW SALE Says Council Shouldn’t Wait for Consultant’s […]
Wilson Goode, Former Mayor, Favors PGW Sale
Former Mayor Wilson Goode Sr. has come out in favor of the sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to a private corporation, penning an op-ed supporting […]
UIL Explains Why It Wants to Purchase Philadelphia Gas Works — and What it Intends to Do With It
The hot topic before the City Council this spring and summer is whether it will accept an offer from Connecticut-based UIL Holdings — which already […]
City Council Stalls Process on PGW Sale
The Daily News reports that City Council is delaying the introduction of a bill approving the sale of PGW to a private company, trying to […]
Council Hires Consultant to Review PGW Sale
Newsworks reports that City Council has hired Concentric Energy Advisors, at a cost of $425,000, to review the possible sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to a […]
Private Bidder Says It Could Speed Repair of PGW’s Leaky Pipes
We told you last week that Philadelphia has some of the oldest, leakiest natural gas infrastructure in the nation. At its current rate of replacement, […]
Suit: PGW Demoted Muslim Man Who Wouldn’t Shave His Beard
Philadelphia Gas Works employee Karim Burke has filed a federal lawsuit against the gas company, alleging that PGW demoted him because he wouldn’t shave his […]
Philly Has A Lot of Leaky, Aging Gas Pipes Sitting Underground
Here’s a question for buyers wanting to privatize Philadelphia Gas Works: How quickly would you modernize the city’s aging, leaky miles of gas mains?
Should Government Provide Services … or Jobs?
Quick question: What’s government for, anyway? There are lots of answers to that question, of course, but for the sake of argument, let’s boil it […]
PGW Buyer: We’ll Raise Rates in 2018
As the city plans to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works to help fund a huge gap in the city’s pension fund, the buyer has noted […]
The One Question That Really Matters About the Proposed PGW Sale
Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposal to sell the city-owned Philadelphia Gas Works to a Connecticut utility holding company for nearly $1.9 billion goes before a skeptical […]