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PSC may prohibit utilities from charging fee during first 24-hours after major storm
The Maryland Public Service Commission may prohibit the state's utility companies from charging customers a small service fee during the first day of a major power outage. "It's like pouring salt in their wounds. … It may be 50 cents, but in a...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Electricity Production and Distribution, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Utilities defend 'smart meters' before Public Service Commission
Four major electricity providers defended the safety of "smart meters" Tuesday at a hearing called by the Maryland Public Service Commission after commissioners read reports of similar meters overheating and catching fire in Southeastern Pennsylvania....
Tags: Peco Energy Company, Government, Politics, Pepco Holdings Incorporated, Civil and Public Service
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Md. panel to hold public hearings on power outages
The Maryland Public Service Commission will conduct public hearings on the widespread power outages the state suffered during a storm. The legislative-style hearings will review utilities’ outage event reports. They are set for Sept. 13 and, if...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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New power plant to be built in Waldorf
Maryland energy regulators Thursday ordered the construction of the state's first new natural gas power plant since the state's electric power market was deregulated more than a decade ago. In a decision questioned by other power producers, the...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Government, Politics, Energy Resources, Civil and Public Service
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This time, Constellation takeover will go through
Sometime around May 2012, you will open your BGE statement and react with mild pleasure, perhaps, on seeing that your bill is reduced by $200 or so.
True, this might be considered a long shot. History has held out such rebates before and then yanked them...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Bankruptcy, Disasters, FPL Group, Economy, Business and Finance
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Exxon fined $4 million for gas leak
In what officials say is the largest environmental penalty ever levied by the state, ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $4 million to the Maryland Department of the Environment for a 26,000-gallon gasoline spill at a Baltimore County service station...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Justice System, Environmental Cleanup, Maryland, Disasters
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Constellation timeline
1816: Rembrandt Peale and four other prominent Baltimoreans form the country's first gas utility, Gas Light Co. of Baltimore. 1880: After fierce competition, Gas Light Co. merges with two rivals to form Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore City. 1906:...Tags: Death, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Maryland, Metal and Mineral, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Electric rate jolt coming
Sun ReporterThanks to a nearly six-year cap on residential prices, electricity in Maryland is the one source of energy that costs less today than it did early in the Clinton administration. But tomorrow is the beginning of the end for consumers who cherish...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Hurricanes, Laws, Disasters, Natural Disasters
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Constellation, FPL unveil $11.5 billion merger plan
Sun reportersAfter Mayo A. Shattuck III and Lewis Hay III began meeting last spring to discuss a merger of the power companies they lead, they described their talks as "Project NASCAR." Shattuck's Constellation Energy Group Inc. in Baltimore was code-named "Chevy" and...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Credit Ratings, Stock Market, Justice System, NASCAR
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Tornadoes kill 2 in Maryland
Sun StaffA tornado blazed a 10-mile-long path of destruction through Central Maryland at rush hour yesterday afternoon, killing two Howard County sisters and injuring dozens of people while ripping the roofs off buildings and flinging cars through the air. The...Tags: Disasters, Family, Tornadoes, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Damage-control steps ordered in wake of Isabel
Sun StaffIn the wake of widespread power outages last fall from Tropical Storm Isabel, the Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered the state's utilities to take preventive steps aimed at reducing damage from storms and to improve communication with both...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Disasters and Accidents, Volleyball, Engineering, Maryland
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In Maryland, most lights stay on
Sun StaffFor customers in Maryland and neighboring areas, the system worked. The most widespread blackout in the nation's history, which darkened parts of the Northeast and Midwest as well as Canada last evening, didn't spread much farther south thanks to circuit...Tags: Maryland, West Virginia, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park, Ohio
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