"Yes, your utility bill will go up this summer, but not for the reasons BGE and others are telling you. The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid." baltimoresun.com/2025/06/29/bla…

“Yes, your utility bill will go up this summer, but not for the reasons BGE and others are telling you. The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.” baltimoresun.com/2025/06/29/bla…

Since 2010, BGE’s gas delivery rates have increased a whopping 246% and electric delivery rates have increased 92% — both far outpacing the inflation rate. At the same time, BGE profits have more than tripled, ballooning to $527 million in 2024. baltimoresun.com/2025/06/29/bla…

Happening right now: A coalition of local and state leaders are outside BGE calling on the utility & PSC to end multi-year rate hikes and cancel the 2026 rate distribution increase. “The time is now. Put people over profits,” Zeke Cohen. WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore

Today an unprecedented coalition of local and state elected officials joined with consumer advocates, clergy, and working Baltimoreans to say “Enough is Enough.” Enough of the outrageous utility rate hikes that leave our residents scrambling to pay their rent, groceries, gas or

Today we joined Zeke Cohen to deliver petitions to BGE and Maryland PSC asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.

Baltimore leaders confront BGE about rate hikes cbsnews.com/baltimore/vide…

BGE’s solution to unaffordable bills isn’t increased efficiency, lower rates systemic changes, it’s just “use less energy.” It shouldn’t be unaffordable to cool our homes, even when cooking. And you should AVOID grilling outside on red ozone days as it makes air pollution worse.

“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 Office of People's Counsel

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

Rally to push back against plastic recycling research lab permit | Click on the image to read the full story wbaltv.com/article/rally-…

“PJM is supposed to be independent under federal law, but in practice PJM has proven much more interested in advancing policies responsive to big corporate interests than the welfare of consumers,” writes Maryland Office of People's Counsel utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo-b…

Some updates on the Maryland PSC proceeding to plan for the future of home heating and methane gas infrastructure. pirg.org/maryland/found…

I'm committed to holding PJM & MD utilities accountable to bring energy prices down & to ensure MDers have access to affordable, reliable, clean energy. #StandUpToPJM

Consumer advocates say PJM policies have restricted supply, with a backlogged queue for energy projects, many of them renewable energy proposals. marylandmatters.org/2025/07/28/pjm…

“This settlement prioritizes corporate interests over affordability, public health, and climate action."

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare apnews.com/article/pennsy…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) — Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. The actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is difficult to pin down.

Join us Aug 28th, 12 noon Sign up: opc.maryland.gov/Consumer-Webin…

A federal judge refused to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing Perdue Farms of contaminating Salisbury’s groundwater with PFAS, allowing residents’ case against the company to move forward. bit.ly/4mGPH1p