BGE gas delivery rate hikes: state and local leaders fight back
Pressure is mounting for state leaders to intervene as gas delivery rates reach crisis levels.
Emily
Scarr
Senior Advisor, Maryland PIRG
Started on staff: 2005
B.A., Vassar College
Emily is a senior advisor for Maryland PIRG. Recently, Emily helped win small donor public financing in Montgomery and Howard counties, and the Maryland Keep Antibiotics Effective Act to protect public health by restricting the use of antibiotics on Maryland farms. Emily also serves on the Executive Committees of the Maryland Fair Elections Coalition and the Maryland Campaign to Keep Antibiotics Working, and the Steering Committees for the Maryland Pesticide Action Network and Marylanders for Open Government. Emily lives in Baltimore with her husband and dog.
Posts by Emily Scarr
Maryland Attorney General, People’s Counsel, elected officials, advocates call out BGE rate hikes, legislative action
Soaring home heating bills, driven by BGE’s wasteful spending on gas pipeline replacement , have placed additional strain on Baltimore residents, requiring immediate legislative action.
Maryland advocates lambast latest BGE rate hike, call on state leaders to intervene
Upgrade Maryland coalition reiterates calls on PSC to end costly Multi-Year Ratemaking, urges General Assembly to pass Ratepayer Protection Act
Columbia Gas proposes charging customers $300 million for gas pipeline program
Columbia’s proposed $85 million plan would cost customers about $300 million over the next 40 years, driven largely by utility profits from the work.