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After Derecho, Public Service Commission Orders Power Utilities To Improve

A new report by the Public Service Commission is ordering BGE and other utilities to make major changes following last year’s devastating derecho storm.

2013/02/27

Western Md. Toll Bridge Fees Could Triple

The fee for driving a car across the Potomac River on a private toll bridge in western Maryland would triple under a staff proposal from the state Public Service Commission.

2012/10/16

O’Malley Discusses Surcharge To Help Prevent Power Outages

Governor Martin O’Malley takes a step toward improving utility service–at a cost to customers. The governor would allow BGE and Pepco to collect a surcharge from ratepayers to help prevent power outages.

2012/10/03

Last Day For Comments On ‘Derecho’ Storm To PSC

It’s the last day for Maryland residents to submit comments about electric companies’ handling of the “derecho” storm in June that caused days of power outages.

2012/09/10

Regulators Wrap Up Public Hearings On Storm

The Maryland Public Service Commission has wrapped up the last of eight public hearings on electric companies’ handling of a June storm known as a derecho that caused outages for days.

2012/08/23

City, County Leaders Consider Ways To Better Prepare For Severe Storms

City and county leaders are posing some tough questions for local utility companies after a recent storm left hundreds of thousands without power for days or even longer.

2012/07/11

Heat-Related Deaths In Maryland Reach 18

More than a week of torrid temperatures left more than a dozen dead in Maryland. And with the cooldown, storms early Monday morning knocked out power to more than 6,000 BGE customers.

2012/07/09

Md. Public Service Commission To Review BGE’s Performance

All of Maryland’s major electrical utilities must file reports on how they managed power restoration after last Friday’s massive storm. No electricity and extreme heat is a painful combination still affecting more than 40,000 people in Maryland.

2012/07/05

Public Service Commission To Hear Potomac Edison Billing Complaint

The Maryland Public Service Commission says it will hear a complaint that Potomac Edison is over-billing some Western Maryland electricity customers by failing to read their meters as often as required.

2012/05/31

BGE Standard Electricity Price To Bring Decrease

BGE customers will see an average of $54 decrease for a year with the utility’s standard electricity price that takes effect in June.

2012/04/30

Senate Votes 40-7 To Confirm 2 PSC Members

The Maryland Senate has voted to confirm two nominees to the state’s Public Service Commission.

2012/03/02

Company Wants A Delay On Building Md. Power Plant

A New York-based company wants a waiver of a state-imposed deadline to begin work within the next month on a disputed trash-burning power plant in South Baltimore.

2012/01/09

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