Daily News | Rebellious suburban Philly residents take a novel legal approach to thwart a sewer system sale
a giant Florida energy and utility company that is expanding into Pennsylvania. But the new charter, if approved, could at least tie up the transaction in court for years and if successful, could blaze a path for other towns that want to stymie privatization.“If the charter change is approved and they move ahead to complete the sale, they’re definitely going to get sued,” said Kofi Osei, who was elected to the study commission and named its chairman.
Towamencin officials said the decision to sell the sewer system was a no-brainer: The infusion of cash from NextEra would allow the town to retire its debt and fund projects for years to come, and to get out of managing a utility best left to private industry. Supervisor Richard Marino called the sale “a generational opportunity to reboot and reset our finances for the foreseeable future.”
The Norristown opposition group, Neighbors Opposing Privatization Efforts, or NOPE, helped organize a public in five towns whose sewer systems Aqua acquired in recent years. In New Garden Township, Chester County, the first municipal utility acquired under Act 12, bills went up 90% this year, and several outraged residents have filed formal complaints with the PUC.
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