BGE rate increase keeps it competitive

When Baltimore Gas and Electric first informed Maryland legislators that a 72 percent rate hike was in the future for its customers with the expiration of rate caps, panic buttons went off.

“The idea that poor and working families would have to choose between food or lights is totally unacceptable,” said delegate and mayoral candidate Jill Carter. Carter?s sentiments echoed through the homes of all BGE customers facing an additional strain on their budgets.