Ty Gorman, ty.gorman@sierraclub.org
KANSAS AND MISSOURI -- At noon today, Build Power MoKan will host a Virtual Press Conference and Rally to call on elected leaders, regulators, and utilities to extend the shut off moratoria in Kansas and Missouri.
Shortly following Build Power Mokan’s last press conference in December 2020, and after hearing from people experiencing or in danger of a disconnection moratorium, Evergy and KCBPU reinstated their utility disconnection moratorium until March 1st, 2021. In the wake of higher energy use due to record low temperatures, while families are still recovering from the economic fallout of the pandemic with local aid drying up, lifting the moratoria would not only be devastating, it would be life threatening.
What: An online press conference and rally calling on elected leaders, regulators, and utilities to extend the shut off moratoria in Kansas and Missouri
When: Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 12:00 PM Central
Where: Online, on Zoom, at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83652912218?pwd=emV5a204d0dzQVdxL0hJaXZGOEljQT09
Who: Speakers include:
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Organizers with Build Power MoKan
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Representative from Students for Social Justice
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Brandy Granados, KC Tenants
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Dr. Elizabeth Friedman
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Claire Chadwick, Poor People's Campaign in Kansas
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Impacted community members Kathy Downing and Louise Lynch
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