Tag: PSC

BGE Turning Off 70,000
BGE Begins Their Turn Off Blitz Baltimore Gas And Electric will be busy for the next few weeks turning off power to the 74,000 Marylanders who have fallen behind on their bills. As a result of regulation wrangling, BGE was required to contact “at risk” accounts and make arrangements to get the past due bills […]

BGE Turnoffs To Resume
Maryland Utility Told To Offer Payment Plans The State’s Public Service Commission gave BGE the green light to proceed with service terminations of 120,000 Maryland residents who are behind on their bills. However, their order came with some restrictions on the utility as they continue to investigate the abnormally high electric bills. The terms of […]

The New BGE Payment Plan
BGE Customers Still Have Reprieve. No Firm Answer From Utility. BGE and the PSC clashed yesterday as they tried to hash out what to do with 208,000 customers who are late on their electric payment. It appeared that the PSC was not too happy with the BGE proposal and sent them back to the drawing […]

BGE Complaints Up 100%
The Baltimore Spectator is reporting that the Office of External Affairs is hiring two more employees to keep up with the influx of complaints regarding BGE’s billing practices. According to the Baltimore Spectator, an employee of the OEA is quotes as saying, “Our calls are up 100% from this time last year. ” As has […]

A BGE Reprieve From The PSC
The Public Service Commission has temporarily delayed the imminent turn offs for thousands of BGE customers. In the wake of gigantic electric bills, many consumers have fallen behind and were subject to their service terminating on April 1. This temporary stay will allow BGE to work with the PSC to formulate a program to get […]