Assembly leaders blast PSC, move closer to special session

As General Assembly leaders and their analysts poured over financial data provided by Constellation Energy this week, late Friday House Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas Mike Miller appeared to move closer to agreeing with many of their members that a special session was needed to replace the Public Service Commission.

The PSC threw a new wrinkle into the situation Friday afternoon by not appealing a judge?s decision and refusing to hold new hearings on an electric rate reduction plan negotiated by the governor. The commission, a majority appointed by Gov. Robert Ehrlich, reinstated a rate plan that was the subject of intense negotiations and legislative maneuvering in late March and early April.