City Leaders Call for End to Multi-Year BGE Rate Hike, Other Demands

Baltimore officials push for more action to lower energy bills

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen holds a bag of postcards he said were written by city residents complaining of high energy bills during a news conference Thursday. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters)The Maryland General Assembly spent countless hours on energy reform this session, and emerged with a package of bills aimed at lowering customer costs. But bills are still rising — and not only because of summer heatwaves — and …

City leaders call for end to multi-year BGE rate hike, other demands

Baltimore City leaders showed up at the front door of Baltimore Gas and Electric on Thursday to call out "relentless" rate hikes.

BGE rate hikes drive Baltimore leaders’ demand to stop ‘Operation Pipeline’

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen and other city leaders are calling for a halt to Baltimore Gas and Electric’s ‘Operation Pipeline’ program.

Display of unity or 'spectacle?' BGE, Council President Cohen face off in debate over multi-year rate plan

Call it a politician's Christmas in July.Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen looked like Santa in a business suit, as he marched to the offices of Baltimore Gas and Electric and the Maryland Public Service Commission on Thursday.This bags wasn't filled with presents, but rather, petitions signed by 7,221 Baltimoreans who say they can't afford another rate hike. "You do not typically see this many state city elected officials standing tog…

'Put people over profits,' Baltimore leaders call for energy bill relief, BGE pushes back

In a press conference Thursday morning, Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, along with numerous other City and State leaders, called for BGE to provide

Baltimore officials push for more action to lower energy bills - Finnoexpert

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen holds a bag of postcards he said were written by city residents complaining of high energy bills during a news conference Thursday. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters) The Maryland General Assembly spent countless hours on energy reform this session, and emerged with a package of bills aimed at lowering customer costs. But bills are still rising — and not only because of summer heatwaves — and…