Public Citizen and ACORN, the same consumer activist groups that filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alleging that Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.?s rate increase is not “just and reasonable,” have asked the Public Service Commission to stop Gov. Robert Ehrlich from privately negotiating with BGE.

The groups have requested that until the details of the governor?s negotiations are “revealed to the public,” all hearings on BGE?s proposed merger with Florida Power and Light be “suspended.”