Baltimore Gas and Electric customers have until Dec. 23 to send the Maryland Public Service Commission written comments on BGE’s request for a $156.1 million increase in electric base rates. The filing, Case No. 9888, would add about $8 a month to the average electric bill if the commission approves it. Rates stay where they are until regulators rule, and that order is expected early next year.
The commission will also hear from the public in person on Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in Baltimore. That hearing was moved from a virtual format to an in-person one after the state’s Office of People’s Counsel, which speaks for residential customers, asked for a room where BGE customers could talk to commissioners directly.
What BGE is asking for and what $8 a month means
BGE wants about $156.1 million more a year in electric distribution revenue, according to The Sentinel. The company says the money is the minimum it needs to keep its system safe and reliable. Gas bills are not part of this case…