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Action Alert: Put Maryland Utility Customers Before Company Profits!
As temperatures plummet, Maryland utility customers should be able to heat their homes without being forced to choose between utility bills and groceries or prescriptions, yet multi-million dollar utilities keep raising rates for customers while service outages continue. As a regulated monopoly, residents have few choices on how to heat and light their homes. Today, utility companies shift many of their business expenses onto our utility bills. Economic Action Maryland Fund is working to pass HB1/SB2, which would help lower energy bills and protect ratepayers. This bill would: Cap the amount of executive salaries and bonuses that are passed onto ...
Maryland Matters Article: Maryland utilities fight bill that would regulate employee bonuses
Our Deputy Director, Jennifer Bevan-Dangel, was quoted in an article in Maryland Matters that highlights the fact that Maryland utility companies are fighting a bill that would regulate utility company employee bonuses. “We take some umbrage at the thought that, even if it’s a $5 a month savings, that’s somehow not worth it,” Bevan-Dangel said. “These are individuals who are on fixed incomes, who are on incredibly low incomes — $60 a year is a week of essential groceries for one of our clients.” You can read the whole article here. For more information on our policy advocacy work in ...
Assistance For Utility Bills
If you’ve opened a utility bill lately and felt a wave of frustration, you’re not alone. For many Marylanders, the rising cost of energy isn’t just a nuisance, it’s a crisis. While utility companies rake in profits, people are forced to make impossible choices between heating, cooling, and other essentials. Given the increase in utility bills and summer temperatures, we are happy to share there is some long overdue relief in sight. Starting July 1, 2025, Maryland is launching a $19 million Customer Relief Fund to help low- and middle-income residents cover skyrocketing utility bills. This one-time financial assistance will ...