Sheriff Matt Gentry Will Call For A Rate Hearing as Power Bills Climb Across Alabama

From the Gentry Campaign

Sheriff Matt Gentry, candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission, Place 1, released the following statement calling for a public rate hearing to address rising utility costs across the state:

“Over the past several months, I’ve traveled across Alabama meeting with citizens, consumers, farmers, and small business owners. No matter where I go, from rural communities to growing cities, the message is almost universal with Republicans: the people want a public rate hearing. They want transparency. They want answers. And they want relief from some of the highest power bills in the nation.

Alabama families are working hard, but many are feeling squeezed by rising utility costs. The people deserve the opportunity to be heard in a full, open, and transparent rate hearing. That’s how accountability works. When I'm elected as the next PSC Commissioner, I will call for a public rate hearing as the first order of business.”

Sheriff Gentry, a Trump Republican who has served as Sheriff of Cullman County for the past 12 years, previously served as a Deputy Sheriff, on the DEA Task Force, and as a United States Marine. He has built his career fighting to protect citizens. He successfully defeated a lawsuit from the Southern Poverty Law Center defending cashless bail. Sheriff Gentry won and prevented dangerous criminals from being released on cashless bail into local communities.

“I’ve stood shoulder to shoulder with good citizens all my life to protect them from those who have bad intentions,” Gentry added. “I do not support efforts to remove Public Service Commissioners from being elected by the people. The PSC belongs to the citizens of Alabama, not political insiders. If elected, I will fight to protect the people’s right to vote and to ensure their voices are heard.”

For more information about his campaign, visit www.MattGentryForPSC.com or follow @MattGentryForPSC on Facebook.