Assembly overrides Ehrlich’s veto on BGE electricity rate

For the 43rd time in three years, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly on Friday overrode a veto by Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, putting a reduced 15 percent rate hike in effect July and replacing the Public Service Commission that had approved a 72 percent rate hike.

All but one Republican senator voted to sustain the governor’s rejection of the bill, including 15 members of the House who had voted for the rate reduction last week.