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<h1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black'>Largest
Electric Utility in US Drops Out of the Chamber of Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></h1>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#5E7185'>— By <a
href="http://www.motherjones.com/authors/kate-sheppard"><b><i><span
style='color:#5E7185'>Kate Sheppard</span></i></b></a> | Mon September 28, 2009
10:13 AM PST<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#5E7185'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:black'>Yet another blow for the Chamber of Commerce today: The largest
electric utility company in the US vowed this morning that it would not renew
its membership in the chamber because of its opposition to global warming
action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:black'>Exelon Corp. CEO John Rowe dropped the news in a speech before the
annual meeting of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
"Exelon is so committed to climate legislation that Rowe announced during
today’s speech that Exelon will not be renewing its membership in the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce due to the organization’s opposition to climate
legislation," the group said in a <a
href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090928005086&newsLang=en">press
release this morning</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>More here
::: <a
href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/largest-electric-utility-us-drops-out-chamber-commerce">http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/largest-electric-utility-us-drops-out-chamber-commerce</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Malgun Gothic","sans-serif";
color:black'>Shauna, OKC<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Imagine, innovate,
create, collaborate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.sustainableokc.org"><span style='line-height:150%;color:#913200;
text-decoration:none'>www.sustainableokc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.transitiontownokc.com"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>www.transitiontownokc.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.goinglocalokc.com"><span style='line-height:150%;color:#913200;
text-decoration:none'>www.goinglocalokc.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://thinklady.typepad.com%20/"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>http://thinklady.typepad.com /</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://freshgreens.typepad.com/"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>http://freshgreens.typepad.com/</span></a>
  <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;
color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:green'>please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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