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Allen Fernandez Smith, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. manager of Low-Income Programs and Strategies (left), and Cody Naylor, Stakeholder Liaison with the California Public Utilities Commission, speak at a briefing for ethnic media in San Francisco. Photo by Peter Schurmann/New America Media

By Peter Schurmann, New America Media

“Choice” and “control” aren’t exactly the first things that come to mind when the utility bill arrives, especially for low-income households. If anything, it’s the contrary. But Allen Fernandez Smith, manager of Low-Income Programs and Strategies for Pacific Gas and Electric Co., is working to change that.

“I see gas and electricity as a basic right,” said Smith. “It should be affordable. So how do we think more comprehensively about that?”

Read the complete story at New America Media.

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