November 17, 2014

Honorable District Attorney John T. Chisholm

Milwaukee County
821 W. State Street, Rm. 405
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Dear District Attorney Chisholm:
As a result of findings by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) and the news media that a fossil fuel
lobby group from Houston calling itself the Consumers Energy Association (CEA) misrepresented Wisconsin
citizens as supporting the We Energies rate case proposal, I am writing to request that you conduct an
investigation of potential illegal activity.
Mr. Ryan Scott of CEA submitted these names under oath in support of the We Energies proposal on October 8,
2014 at the Wilson Senior Center, 2601 W. Howard Ave, Milwaukee. They submitted an identical list of names in
support of the Madison Gas & Electric (MG&E) proposal.
In a news story published October 21, 2014, Capital Times reporter Mike Ivey reported that several individuals
listed on the CEA document did not, in fact, support the We Energies or MG&E proposals. Other news outlets
followed up and found similar results, with multiple individuals falsely listed as supporting the utility proposals.
My own husband, Mike Sinicki, was falsely listed as a supporter of the We Energies proposal. He was not
contacted by CEA and does not support the We Energies proposal. Further, he does not support raising fixed fees
on utility bills in way that harms homeowners, seniors, and clean energy development.
In an order issued October 31, 2014, the PSC Administrative Law Judge threw out the list of names from CEA
containing 2,500 signatures and purporting to support the We Energies rate hike proposal. The order questioned
the validity of the signatures and stated they provided inadequate and incorrect information. The PSC took no
further action to protect the integrity of their deliberative process from such fraudulent actions in the future.
I am deeply concerned that such fraudulent actions are a corruption of the public process and need to be
thoroughly investigated so we know exactly who was involved and if there was any coordination with We
Energies. As this took place under your jurisdiction, I request that your office investigate.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Best regards,

Christine Sinicki
State Representative
20th Assembly District