Maryland regulators on Monday weighed the possibility of changing a policy that allows utilities to bill customers for lost revenue during the first 24 hours of a power outage. Utilities in Maryland were once allowed to charge customers for distribution ...

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WASHINGTON — Union workers at the Pepco utility company are scheduled to vote this week on a contract proposal. The Washington Post reports that union members will vote on the offer Wednesday, and that the two sides haven’t been able ...

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Unless utilities fundamentally change how they distribute energy, they won’t be able to restore power to all customers within 24 hours after a hurricane-like storm, officials told Maryland regulators on Thursday. Douglas R.M. Nazarian, chairman of Maryland’s Public Service Commission, ...

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Maryland regulators are reconsidering a policy that allows utilities to bill customers for lost revenue during the first 24 hours of a power outage. The Maryland Public Service Commission announced Thursday that it’s revisiting the issue in the wake of ...

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ROCKVILLE — Pepco says it plans to file for another rate increase this fall. The CEO of the Washington-area utility made that announcement to investors Tuesday, just hours before customers lined up to criticize Pepco’s performance after severe storms earlier ...

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Baltimore Gas & Electric says it is seeking rate increases for electricity and natural gas distribution. Company officials say they asked state regulators Friday for the increases. The utility says they are needed to make improvements to comply with recently ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen says Pepco should not receive a 4 percent rate increase until the utility makes meaningful progress on reliability. Van Hollen made the recommendation Thursday, a day before a deadline for the Maryland Public ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Two Maryland state senators urged state regulators on Thursday to fine Pepco and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. more than $100 million each for the long power outages residents suffered during and after a powerful summer storm that ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland state senator wants to stop allowing utilities to charge a fee to cover storm-related losses, even after many customers had to go without power for days. Sen. Brian Frosh, D-Montgomery, said in an interview Thursday that ...

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NEW YORK — A plunge in the price of natural gas has made it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity. But the savings aren’t translating to lower rates for customers. Instead, U.S. electricity prices are going up. Electricity prices are ...

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