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The Office of People's Counsel (OPC) asked Maryland's Public Service Commission to reject Washington Gas's rate increase.

CUMBERLAND — For the second month in a row, Allegany County commissioners postponed their decision on a substantial tax credit for AES Warrior Run.

Residents of some of Baltimore’s historic urban neighborhoods are pushing back against a utility upgrade project they say is forcing them to accept obtrusive equipment on their rowhouse facades or risk losing gas service.

Low-income utility customers in Maryland pay more collectively for energy savings programs offered by utilities than they receive in benefits, according to the Office of People’s Counsel for Maryland, a state agency that advocates for residential utility consumers.

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.’s proposal to boost rates 5% a year over the next three years has raised concerns among customers, elected officials and consumer advocates. The utility has asked state regulators for permission to increase the gas and electric delivery portion of the average customers’ monthly bill by about $31.07 after three years.

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.’s proposal to boost rates 5% a year over the next three years has raised concerns among customers, elected officials and consumer advocates. The utility has asked state regulators for permission to increase the gas and electric delivery portion of the average customers’ monthly bill by about $31.07 after three years.

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. would raise customers’ rates for delivery about 5%, or $10.36 annually on average, for three years under a request filed Friday with state regulators.

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. would raise customers’ rates for delivery about 5%, or $10.36 annually on average, for three years under a request filed Friday with state regulators.

It's one thing to set ambitious carbon neutral targets, it's another to fight climate change by making tough choices today about natural gas infrastructure.

Maryland gas companies should slow their spending on new infrastructure amid the state’s turn away from fossil fuels, the state’s advocate for ratepayers warned in a filing Thursday.