BGE Seeks $156 Million Rate Increase as City Leaders Push Back; Poll Expresses Concern on Energy Rates

Maryland utility bills are already about $400 higher a year, and Baltimore may add more

Maryland households are already contending with higher energy bills, and a dispute between Baltimore City and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) over the utility's use of the city's underground conduit system could make matters worse. What's happening? According to WBFF, Baltimore wants to end its conduit arrangement with BGE and raise what the utility pays to use the system, a change that could eventually show up on customer bills.  BGE has not s…

BGE seeks $156 million rate increase as city leaders push back; poll expresses concern on energy rates

Baltimore Gas and Electric is asking Maryland regulators to approve a $156 million electric rate increase. But Baltimore leaders and consumer advocates say customers have already paid enough. Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen spoke outside BGE headquarters in downtown Baltimore before the Public Service Commission opened the rate case a few blocks away. “There is no Baltimore comeback story if people can’t afford to pay their electrici…

‘Enough is enough’: Activists push back as BGE requests another rate increase

Angel Nuñez, a bishop at the Bilingual Christian Church in East Baltimore, speaks against Baltimore Gas & Electric rate hike request Tuesday. Nuñez said his church recently got a $3,000 BGE bill, at a time when parishioners are often asking for help with high costs. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters)Consumer advocates, environmental groups and workers’ unions are pushing back against the latest rate hike proposal from Baltimore Gas & E…

Protesters rally outside BGE headquarters as utility seeks another rate increase

City leaders and consumer advocates rallied outside Baltimore Gas and Electric’s (BGE) headquarters Tuesday, pushing back against the utility’s latest request t

Protests against BGE proposed rate hikes

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Baltimore Protesters Push Back Against BGE’s Proposed $156 Million Rate Increase

Source: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Baltimore City leaders and community advocates rallied downtown Tuesday against a proposed Baltimore Gas and Electric rate increase that could add about $8 a month to customers’ electric bills. CBS Baltimore reports that Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen led the demonstration alongside consumer, environmental, labor and community groups opposing BGE’s proposed $156 million rate hike. The rally w…