August 28, 2026
Maryland Utilities Update SOS Admin. Charge, Other Bypassable Rate Components
Baltimore Gas and Electric in Maryland has filed updates to its bypassable SOS Admin. Charge to be effective October 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027
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August 11, 2026
PSC Staff, Utilities Generally Agree Large Loads Should Pay PJM Reliability Backstop Costs, But Offer No Specifics On Allocation If Service Area Is Assigned Backstop Costs Without Large Loads (Potential Allocation To Other LSEs)
Staff of the Maryland PSC, and the Maryland utilities, have each filed comments responding to various PSC questions concerning the allocation of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP), with the comments generally indicating an intent that responsible large loads (or other large…
July 2, 2026
Maryland PSC Staff Says "Routing" Storage Purchase Obligation Currently Imposed On Retail Suppliers Through Utilities Would Be "Optimal"; Utilities Suggest That "Ideal" Outcome To Accomplish Such Would Be Change In Statutory Language
In comments on implementation of an energy storage procurement obligation on retail suppliers and SOS suppliers, Staff of the Maryland PSC said that accomplishing such procurement through the electric utilities via a nonbypassable "utility" charge would be "optimal[]", though Staff said that…
June 12, 2026
Maryland Utilities File New Medium Customer SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric and Potomac Edison have each filed new Type II SOS rates for the 3-month period beginning Sept. 1, 2026
May 27, 2026
PSC Approves New Purchase of Receivables (POR) Discount Rates At Several Utilities
The Maryland PSC has approved new non-residential purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates at Baltimore Gas & Electric, for natural gas only, and at Potomac Edison, effective June 1, 2026 at each utility
May 6, 2026
BGE Files New Residential, Small C&I SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new electricity SOS rates in Maryland
April 8, 2026
PSC Approves Specific Utility Ownership Of Energy Storage, Including Utility Ownership Of Customer-Sited Storage
The Maryland PSC issued an order approving certain specific ownership of energy storage by Baltimore Gas & Electric
March 31, 2026
Utilities Report Under- & Over-collections From Purchase Of Receivables Programs; Costs (Or Surplus) To Eventually Be Assigned To Retail Suppliers
Several of the Maryland utilities have filed initial reconciliations of the end balances under their residential purchase of receivables programs which were generally terminated on December 31, 2025 (apart from cancel/rebill and similar situations)
January 29, 2026
Maryland Delegate Asks PSC, BGE To Take "Immediate" Action To Reduce Electric Rates
Maryland State Delegate Ric Metzgar, Republican, wrote a letter to the Maryland PSC and leadership of Baltimore Gas & Electric, "to formally demand immediate action to reduce electric rates and to request clear, honest communication about what steps are being taken to bring relief to households…
October 9, 2025
Utilities Detail Steps To End Residential Utility Consolidated Billing
The joint Maryland utilities have filed the steps that they will take to end utility consolidated billing for residential customers effective December 31, 2025
September 12, 2025
PSC Confirms It Won't Require BGE To Implement Automatic Switch Block Mechanism
The Maryland PSC today accepted Baltimore Gas & Electric's proposal to not implement a mechanism that would have automatically rejected a switch request if the customer appears on BGE's Do Not Transfer list
September 5, 2025
PSC Sets Considerations For Future Decisions On Approving Utility-Owned Energy Storage
The Maryland PSC issued a follow-up order on utility energy storage proposals that outlines how the PSC will consider proposals for utility-owned energy storage projects in the future
June 23, 2025
Utility Does Not Plan To Implement System Change To Reject Enrollments Of Customers On Do Not Transfer List, Another EDC Seeks PSC Guidance
Several Maryland utilities have raised cost concerns regarding implementing a system change to accomplish the automatic rejection, by the utility, of retail supplier enrollments for customers on the utility's Do Not Transfer (DNT) list
May 29, 2025
Update: PSC WILL Defer Capacity Costs; Won't Immediately Include In SOS Rates; Orders Extended, Shifted Cost Recovery
In a letter order dated May 29, the Maryland PSC ordered that increased capacity costs for electricity SOS at Baltimore Gas & Electric shall not be reflected in the mass market SOS rates which take effect June 1, 2025, after having ostensibly approved tariff pages on May 28 which would have included…
May 28, 2025
PSC Approves Interim Adjustment In SOS Rates Due To Capacity Costs
The Maryland PSC, as part of approving several updates in Baltimore Gas & Electric's SOS electricity rates, approved a change in BGE's "energy rate", for the period June 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025, due to updated capacity costs
May 28, 2025
PSC Takes Under Advisement Matters Related To End Of POR; New Discounts Approved
The Maryland PSC has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates at several utilities, but took under advisement, for disposition in a future order, issues concerning the end of residential POR, including the use of any over-collection balance under residential POR and/or the assignment of…
April 30, 2025
BGE Summer Residential SOS Rate To Rise Another 0.6¢/kWh On Transmission Rate Update (Follows Interim 16% Capacity Rate Hike Still Pending)
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed various updates to the components of its electricity SOS rates in Maryland
April 30, 2025
Utility Seeks To Include 19-Month Forecast Of Uncollectibles In POR Discount, Socialize Future Remaining Balance Among Retail Suppliers
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated purchase of receivables discount rates which BGE said are designed to account for the end of residential POR on December 31, 2025, with BGE also filing a proposal on how to address any unrecovered balances under POR
March 7, 2025
No Party Files Any New "Comprehensive Proposals" Allowing UCB To Continue Without POR In Maryland
Neither the Maryland utilities nor retail suppliers filed any new "comprehensive proposals" that were to detail how retail energy suppliers could serve new or renewed residential customers under utility consolidated billing in Maryland without purchase of receivables (POR)
February 27, 2025
DER Aggregator Seeks Broker License
Leapfrog Power, Inc. (Leap) filed an application for an electricity broker license in the District of Columbia to serve all customer classes
February 10, 2025
Utility Files To Cease Provision Of Customer Lists To Retail Suppliers
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed at the Maryland PSC to modify its electric and gas tariffs to remove the requirement that BGE make customer lists available for purchase by retail suppliers
December 19, 2024
BGE Files Summer 2025 Mass Market SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed the electricity SOS energy rate for mass market customers for the period June 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025
December 3, 2024
BGE/Pepco: No "Firm Plans" To Build Generation In Maryland, But All Options On The Table
Baltimore Gas & Electric, Pepco-Maryland, and Delmarva-Maryland have no "firm plans" to build generation in Maryland, but…
September 25, 2024
PSC Rejects Changes To POR Discount Rates Filed To Resolve Under-recoveries Under An Assumed Dec. 31, 2024 End Date For POR
A PSC has rejected, at three utilities, proposed modifications to…
August 29, 2024
Proposal Would Limit SOS Suppliers' Load Risk Due To Opt-outs From Municipal Aggregation
An Office of People's Counsel has developed a revised proposal meant to address…