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The South Carolina Public Service Commission will hold a hearing regarding Duke Energy's request to raise your rates in Rock Hill on August 15 at York Technical College on S. Anderson Road. The hearing is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m.

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OFFICIAL TESTIMONY BY TERESA ARNOLD, AARP SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DIRECTOR

Duke Energy wants to raise your electricity bill by 16.3%. This would be a more than $200 a year increase for the average customer who uses 1000 kwh of electricity each month.

CHARLOTTE — AARP members from the Carolinas joined a chorus of protesters at the Duke Energy shareholders meeting who feel the company’s rate hike requests are excessive in today’s economy.

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Thousands of poor South Carolinian's with disabilities continue to live in grossly inadequate conditions in community residential care facilities (CRCFs) across the state. April 9, 2013 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) released Still…No Place to Call Home, an update of its 2009 report, No Place to Call Home. The new report documents conditions at 14 CRCFs across the state. The report’s findings reveal continued lack of oversight of facilities that are dirty, provide inadequate food, do not administer medications correctly, violate residents’ rights, and do not provide protection from potential harm.