Lifeline Awareness Week To Kick Off in Tallahassee
State of Florida
NEWS RELEASE
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9/11/2009 Contact: 850-413-6482
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) will kick off the first National Lifeline Awareness Week at 9:00 a.m., Monday, September 14, 2009 at Tallahassee’s Capital Area Community Action Agency, Inc. (CACAA).
National Lifeline Awareness Week, September 14 – 20, is designed to raise awareness and increase participation in the discounted telephone program. The keynote speaker is PSC Chairman Matthew M. Carter II. He will be joined by Dorothy Inman-Johnson, Executive Director, CACAA; Wilma McKay, Executive Director, Florida Association for Community Action, Inc.; Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda; Representative Alan B. Williams; John Marks, Mayor of Tallahassee; Bob Rackleff, Leon County Commission Vice-Chairman; J.R. Kelly, Public Counsel; and George Sheldon, Secretary of the Department of Children and Families.
The event will be held at the following time and location:
Monday, September 14, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
309 Office Plaza Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
The PSC is committed to making sure that Florida’s consumers receive their electric, natural gas, telephone, water, and wastewater services in a safe, affordable, and reliable manner. The PSC exercises regulatory authority over utilities in the areas of rate base/economic regulation; competitive market oversight; and monitoring of safety, reliability, and service.
For additional information, visit www.floridapsc.com.
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