Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Maryland Public Service Commission ruled Monday that customers will have additional options, which may include opting out of smart meters.
Maryland utilities customers will have more options when it comes to smart meter installation at their homes and businesses. The Maryland Public Service Commission ruled Monday that public interest requires that Baltimore Gas & Electric, Potomac Electric Power Company and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative provide customers with an additional option related to smart meters, according to a ruling on the commission's website. Customers have complained about the health consequences that they believe will occur as a result of radio frequency emissions from the smart meters. The commission found no "convincing evidence" to support that claim, but acknowledged a "good-faith belief" to the contrary from customers. As such, the commission …
Friday, October 26, 2012
The Maryland Public Service Commission found the practice to be an additional burden on customers already facing hardships.
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced Friday that Maryland utilities companies can no longer charge customers for sales lost during the first 24 hours of a major power outage. Previously, the companies were able to include the charges for electricity that would have have been delivered if not for the outage in their Bill Stabilization Adjustment calculations, according to a commission statement. Baltimore Gas & Electric, Delmarva Power and Light Company, Potomac Electric Power Company and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative are all being ordered to revise their calculations to accommodate the ruling. Prior to this most recent change, utilities companies were able to charge throughout extended outages. The commission revoked …
Friday, August 17, 2012
The Maryland Public Service Commission has conducted a series of hearings as part of its investigation into how the state's utility companies responded to the storm.
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company customers in Baltimore County voiced their grievances with the state’s largest utility Thursday night, demanding changes in future restoration efforts. The Maryland Public Service Commission, which is currently investigating the state’s power suppliers’ storm preparedness, sought input in Towson, following the late June derecho storm that left 748,000 BGE customers without power. It took BGE eight days to fully bring 62 percent of its statewide customer base back onto the grid. In Baltimore County, speakers—most of whom had experiences with outages lasting beyond four days—said they were frustrated with the company. “This is clearly an indication that the Towson area requires much more attention from …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Money from a rate increase will not be used for new work, but BGE will continue to update infrastructure, spokesman said.
A rate adjustment requested by BGE will mostly cover work that the utility company has already performed, according to a spokesman. “In Maryland, that’s the way it works,” BGE Spokesman Rob Gould said. “You spend the money and then you go back to the [Public Service] Commission and you ask them for recovery of the costs that you incurred.” BGE announced Friday evening that it had filed a request with the Public Service Commission (PSC) for a rate hike that, according to the utility, would add an additional $7.22 to the “typical” customer’s electric bill. There are a few places where BGE will use some of the money going forward, Gould said, including vegetation maintenance. “BGE customer bills will still be lower in total than then …
Friday, July 20, 2012
The increase will raise a household's monthly electricity bill by about $2, according to a statement issued by the Maryland Public Service Commission.
Of the $68 million rate increase requested by Pepco, the Maryland Public Service Commission has rejected $50 million. Still, the $18 million rate increase "translates into a $2.02 typical residential monthly bill impact" (a 1.69 percent increase), according to a statement issued by the Maryland Public Service Commission on Friday afternoon. In the rejection order, the commission "noted its overall dissatisfaction with Pepco’s performance, and characterized its request to increase returns to shareholders 'before Pepco corrects its sub-par performance' as 'backwards,' " according to the statement. Pepco filed the request on Dec. 16, 2011. "The full record in the case included testimony from 31 witnesses and 11 days of evidentiary hearings, …
Monday, August 1, 2011
As a major industrial consumer of gas and electricity, RG Steel Sparrows Point LLC sees no benefit in the deal for itself.
The new owner of the steel mill at Sparrows Point wants the right to intervene in legal proceedings that will examine the proposal to sell BGE to Chicago-based Exelon Corp., according to documents filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Although the legal filing by RG Steel Sparrows Point LLC http://www.rg-steel.com/ does not specifically state that the steel maker will oppose the sale, it does criticize the promoters of the deal for failing to provide any benefits to industrial customers of BGE. BGE’s parent company, Constellation Energy Group, filed an application with the Public Service Commission (PSC) May 25 asking approval for a sale to Exelon Corp. http://www.exelonconstellationmerger.com/ The PSC is expected to begin …
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