Residents Decry BGE's Requested Rate Hike
The Public Service Commission came to Ellicott City - again - to hear from residents around the county.
In contrast to Annapolis, where just one person took to the microphone, more than a dozen spoke in Howard County at a hearing about a rate increase requested by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., the Howard County Times reported. The hearing comes less than two weeks after a report, submitted by the Public Service Commission staff, called BGE’s service in certain Ellicott City neighborhoods “below average.” The report is part of an investigation into BGE's reliability in areas of Ellicott City. At Wednesday night’s hearing, 14 people testified against the rate increase, the Times reported. BGE wants to raise about $175 million in the first year of the hike, which will apply to the distribution fees on customers’ bills. With that money, BGE …
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1:50 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
This hearing only dealt with BGE's request is increase it's distribution (delivery) rates. BGE is increasing the price of electricity supply on June 1 - that has already been approved by the MD Public Service Commission. On June 1 BGE is raising the price of the electricity it supplies to residential (Schedule R) customers from 8.94 cents per kWh to 10.474 cents per kWh - a 16.8% increase. BGE … more ›