Pepco cash keeps rolling in for @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social! Days ago, Pepco CFO Elizabeth Morgan Downs O’Donnell gave the legal max. McDuffie let Pepco raise utility bills hundreds of dollars a year. Pepco is repaying the favor. List of McDuffie Pepco payoffs ⤵️ www.sierraclub.org/dc/blog/2026...

Superb overview from @wepowerdc.bsky.social of @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social serving for-profit utilities, not DC residents. We get higher bills and dirtier energy, @pepcoconnect.bsky.social and Washington Gas get higher profits. Do you want McDuffie for mayor? www.wepowerdc.org/latest-news/...

Power Play: How Kenyan McDuffie Built a Career Serving DC's Utilities — Not Its Residents — We Power DC

McDuffie spent his time surrounded by utility lobbyists and doing the bidding of Pepco and Washington Gas while ignoring the real concerns of DC residents.

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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. www.hillrag.com/2026/06/01/c...

Your Pepco bills are hundreds of dollars higher because of Kenyan McDuffie. Pepco opposed a key energy affordability measure in the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018, and McDuffie stripped it from the legislation. Now, DC residents are paying the price. www.hillrag.com/2026/06/01/c...

McDuffie at the WUSA9 debate on the soaring utility rates he oversaw: “It’s not about [utility regulation] or Pepco. It’s about data centers.” Did McDuffie ever do anything about data centers? Does he have a plan for data centers outside DC? Nope. It's just rhetoric. McDuffie has no receipts.

Public safety is an important issue, but @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social skipped UDC’s debate on the topic. Maybe it’s because he knows his empty rhetoric and sloganeering can't stand up to scrutiny. McDuffie has skipped most debates, sometimes even when he's confirmed his attendance. #WhereIsKenyan

Healthy rivers mean healthy communities. As mayor, I will protect our historic waterways like the Anacostia River.

These regulators approved huge rate increases for monopoly utilities Washington Gas and Pepco that cause pain to DC families, so Bowser pulls a procedural move to keep them around longer. We need new leadership that puts people ahead of utility profits. We need @janeese4dc.bsky.social as mayor!

Alex Koma@alexkoma.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Turns out this merely a procedural move: Bowser’s office says they plan to resubmit these noms, only pulled them because council didn’t act on them in time and they were going to expire.

The DC chapter of the Sierra Club is out with its first report card grading the council: top scorers include Nadeau, Allen, JLG, R. White. It ranked McDuffie last. And, probably no surprise, the group's PAC is out with a new website attacking his record: www.factcheckkenyan.com

Why is @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social so rattled by allegations he’s in the pocket of big money interests? Perhaps because the donations—and the legislative record—show it’s true www.sierraclub.org/dc/blog/2026...

At today’s @electrifydc.bsky.social #HealthyHomesFair, the candidate cook-off was a lot of fun! Congrats to winner @lisaraymondfordc.bsky.social. It was great to see two Sierra Club endorsed candidates, @janeese4dc.bsky.social and @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social, too.

New: Who knew an issue as dry and complex as utility policy would dominate DC politics this year? But with gas/electric bills skyrocketing and "affordability" the word of the day, candidates are talking about it more than ever. I looked at how it's reshaping DC races: wamu.org/story/26/03/...

D.C. utility prices are soaring, reshaping local elections in the process

With affordability on the minds of just about every candidate running for office in D.C., contenders are scrambling to offer solutions, including the mayor’s race.

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Kenyan McDuffie delivered us all higher Pepco bills. A new @markrodeffer.bsky.social piece in @51st.news explains the details. "Kenyan McDuffie could have scrutinized utility rate hikes and defended struggling ratepayers. Instead, he sided with utilities. Now D.C. families are paying the price."

Opinion: D.C.’s lax utility oversight is costing customers

The Public Service Commission needs stronger supervision from the D.C. Council.

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I think this is a GREAT idea, @cmchenderson.bsky.social! If anything, 15% is too low. What do we need to do to get your legislation passed?

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 7mo ago

WAR ON WIPES? @chenderson.bsky.social has introduced a bill that would impose a *15% sales tax* on disposable wipes. (The standard sales tax is 6%.) The revenue would go to help @dcwater.bsky.social pay for sewer upgrades. Her bill would also exempt bidets from the city's sales tax.

Bowser is also proposing another hobby horse of hers: Reversing the energy efficiency standards for buildings, a huge source of emissions in the city. She's tried to do this several times before. Ironic, because it was part of a clean energy bill that she championed...