The 50 percent electricity rate hike scheduled to start June 1 for Baltimore Gas and Electric customers does not come out of the blue. Neither did last summer?s rate hike, which followed seven years of rates frozen6.5 percent below 1993 levels.
Leaving aside the faulty logic leading to legislation capping electricity rates, you would think the state of Maryland would have had ample time to prepare for how to help those most affected by the steep price rise ? the poor.
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