Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Thanks to MD PSC (www.psc.state.md.us), gas corporations can no longer unfairly charge existing customers big $ to add new customers--saves customers $1B in hidden fees & helps reduce the $1.3B in annual health costs due to gas burning equipment in MD.

Natural gas customers will save $1 billion over the next decade under a new Maryland policy that puts that cost where it belongs, writes Emily Scarr, on the utilities, which now earn $3 from existing ratepayers for every $1 spent hooking up new homes. marylandmatters.org/2025/09/27/a...

PJM “is stifling the development of clean energy, setting the rules for the capacity market, forcing energy prices up and continuing to marginalize the voice of the very states it serves,” writes Paul Pinsky www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/20/p...

“Why should residential customers be responsible for costs being driven by some of the biggest and wealthiest corporations in the world?" "PJM policies have restricted supply, with a backlogged queue for energy projects, many of them renewable"

“Maryland is power hungry and you’re paying the price on your utility bill,” writes @briaovers.bsky.social. Huge batteries are a potential solution. But projects to build them have mostly stalled and run out of juice. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/clea...

Some updates on the MD PSC proceeding on “the future of gas.” pirg.org/maryland/fou...

Curious about PJMs electricity rate auction this week? There’s a lot still being reviewed but here is a thread of some good reads.

I love this piece from @briaovers.bsky.social explaining the role and history of the MD PSC. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/mary...

🚨 COMMENTS ARE DUE TOMORROW – July 23rd! 🚨 Sick of skyrocketing utility bills? Take action NOW to tell Maryland’s utility regulators to require gas pipeline spending to prioritize safety AND be cost effective to slow the increase of our utility bills: bit.ly/mdgassafety @emilyscarr.bsky.social

PJM's attitude towards ratepayers and elected officials within its territory has been off-putting to say the least. I'm impressed with this op-ed by David Lapp at the Office of People's Counsel in MD, which I think makes the argument very persuasively: www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo...

Gov. Wes Moore and a bipartisan coalition of other state executives urged the operator of Maryland’s electrical grid to select tenured leadership and to make policy changes to mitigate skyrocketing utility prices. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/18/g...

Surging data center demand and sluggish clean energy growth are converging as PJM, the largest power grid operator in the U.S., awaits capacity auction results. Customers across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest will be affected.

🔥 CO just passed a hot new law. Retailers now have to #PutALabelOnGas: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.” Cooking dinner shouldn’t come with a side of benzene, asthma, nor air pollution— we deserve to know what’s in our homes: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...

A little reminder that BGE hazardous gas leaks have increased over the last decade. www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/27/s...

“Developers have an incentive to think big. Utilities have a huge incentive to think big,” explains People’s Counsel David Lapp in this story on development and utility capital spending.

“Those who point to (electricity) imports as evidencing a reliability issue also fail to grasp — or intentionally misrepresent — that average import levels don’t matter,” explains Maryland OPC www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/07/m...

The group, led by @zekecohen.bsky.social gathered outside BGE headquarters and pressed the Maryland Public Service Commission to bring an end to multiyear rate cases, which let utilities apply for several years of rate increases at a time. marylandmatters.org/2025/07/04/b...

Today I joined @zekecohen.bsky.social to deliver petitions to BGE and the PSC asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.

Baltimore City leaders call for end of BGE's 'Operation Pipeline' program, multi-year rate hikes

Utilities like to say they have no control over supply costs and don’t profit off of them, but neither is exactly true. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/29/b...

If the bill becomes law, New York would join California, Colorado, and most recently Maryland, in eliminating subsidies for gas line extensions statewide. www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...


What's really driving up your electric bill? www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/19/w...

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

In MD, a worker smelled gas and tried to alert BGE. His calls went unanswered & minutes later, the home blew up. The same type of issue was also behind a 2019 explosion. BGE promised to fix it by the end of 2023. But new details reveal 440 of these dangerous trenches are still unrepaired.

Maryland utility regulators end subsidies to connect new gas utility customers: Subsidies no longer show clear benefit to utility customers. pirg.org/maryland/fou...

“It is misleading to assert that the capacity market results are simply just a reflection of supply and demand,” the report states. www.wusa9.com/article/tech...

"As a mom, I feel like I have to be a scientist, looking at everything I introduce my child to. It should absolutely come with a warning label. I'm very annoyed it doesn't actually." Lexie is not wrong. NY legislators are voting to #PutALabelOnGas. Show your support at putalabelongas.com.

Discussions about rising energy costs dominated the 2025 legislative session. But even higher bills are on the way, starting this month. The changes were years in the making, and won't be gone soon, experts and advocates say. marylandmatters.org/2025/06/05/u...

$700/hr to argue for higher utility profits. Maine's new bill LD 1949 would cap how much of these rate case costs utilities can pass on to customers. More from @charliespatz.bsky.social ⤵️ 🔗 energyandpolicy.org/maine-bill-p...

Between the increases on BGE’s delivery charges and now the supply-side rise, ratepayers are being hit with a “double whammy,” on their energy bills.

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Gas is inherently dangerous but this is beyond the pale. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/29/n...

Maryland residents are about to see higher charges on their energy bills unless federal regulators take action, state lawmakers say.

A group of former Baltimore Gas and Electric workers say the utility aims to silence their efforts to disclose problems with gas pipeline inspections by seeking to hold them in contempt of court. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/21/f...

Always enjoy talking to @jemillerbalt.bsky.social - if you haven’t listened or subscribed to her new Maryland politics podcast, you should.

By passing the Utility Transparency and Accountability Act, Maryland legislators sent a clear message: Utility monopolies shouldn’t be allowed to operate in the dark while Maryland families struggle with soaring electric bills, explains @lcharkoudian.bsky.social www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/14/m...

What is ENERGY STAR and why does it matter? environmentamerica.org/center/artic...

This is really short sighted. The familiar Energy Star program saves consumers $40 bil every year by providing information about energy efficiency on home appliances. Its cost is just $32 mil. Trump plans to end it.

PJM’s energy market and grid rules face legal challenges from the state consumer advocate, which says the grid operator unfairly charges local customers for out-of-state power needs and for bloated capacity costs. From @shamaan.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...

Decisions by regional grid operator, PJM, hurting Maryland electric customers pirg.org/maryland/fou...

Marylanders could pay $800M to power Virginia data centers

Maryland Sen. Sara Love thinks the state needs even stricter rules to limit harmful forever chemicals on farmland www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cl...

Remember this when ComEd or other Exelon utilities extol their ‘commitment’ to clean energy. www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/gr...

They are now re-convening to discuss the PSC investigative report on BGE safety

MD PSC Commissioners are asking important questions about PJMs flawed auction and massive rate hikes, pressing BGE to account for Exelon’s role inthe process. www.youtube.com/live/feWm6r_...

🚨 A new report from the Energy and Policy Institute analyzes investor-owned utility CEO compensation - which totaled over $530 million based on 2024 proxy statements provided by utility companies. energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceos...

Another great explainer from @briaovers.bsky.social on new protections customers of BGE and other utilities in Maryland.

🎉Victory! The Maryland General Assembly has passed bipartisan legislation to protect consumers from wasteful utility spending that has caused utility bills to skyrocket saving Marylanders hundreds of millions of dollars.💰 Read more: bit.ly/utilityreform @emilyscarr.bsky.social