The Maryland Public Service Commission has established a plan to provide bill credits to residential electricity customers under the Next Generation Energy Act (Senate Bill 937/House Bill 1035) that authorized the creation of the Legislative Energy Relief Refund, was passed by the General Assembly in the 2025 legislative session and signed by Governor Wes Moore. The $200 million authorized for refunds will be applied to utility bills in two phases — one in August or September of this year, and one in either January or February of 2026.
“The Commission reviewed a number of proposals from utilities, the Office of People’s Counsel, the Commission’s Technical Staff and other stakeholders and has selected a plan that will allow for the most equitable, efficient and timely distribution of refunds to provide relief to customers, particularly those most affected by bill increases this past winter,” said Frederick H. Hoover, Chair of the Public Service Commission.
The amount of individual refunds will be based on average customer electricity usage over a year; the estimated refund amount for both phases would be an average of about $80 per customer, depending upon the utility service territory. Lower usage customers would see lower credits and higher usage customers would receive higher credits. To ensure all customers receive some meaningful benefit, the Commission has directed the utilities to direct 25 percent of the refunds this summer to minimum credits…