Summit Utilities Wants Your Christmas Money and More: Interview with Sylvia Brown

Just ahead of winter, natural gas provider Summit Utilities is asking the Arkansas Public Service Commission to approve another rate increase that will impact more than 400,000 Arkansas residents. Summit Utilities has been gouging Arkansas residents and taxpayers since their purchase of CenterPoint Energy in 2022, constantly increasing their rates with no regard for the financial burden this places on hard-working families. On this episode of The Folding Chair we talk with Sylvia Brown about how Arkansans can make their voices heard on this proposed rate increase and what are our next steps. Curious. Resourceful. Social Impact Advocate. Public Policy Strategist. Sylvia C. Brown is a multi-faceted professional with 20+ years of experience implementing and supporting local, state, and federal government electoral and issue campaigns and grassroots community engagement. Sylvia launched Visibility Outreach Touch Engage South AR (VOTE SoAR), to till the soil for citizen-led activism and engaging neighbors on the issues and solutions important to them through relevant communication channels and methods and trusted messengers. Brown is Director of Strategic Operations for Ruralorganizing.org Education Fund. The role is a mix of human resources, organization management, development and strategic thinking on civic infrastructure building and public policy opportunities for rural advocates and practitioners.