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Energy educational series for utility customers

The Office of People’s Counsel offers short educational webinars on topics that impact you. Each live webinar is between 15-30 minutes long and is hosted by our Director of Consumer Assistance and an expert on the presented topic. These short sessions give you the chance to learn new things and to ask questions that you have on your mind. Check out our summer series and keep checking back for new posted content You can also sign up for OPC’s newsletter to be alerted on new topic areas. If you have an idea on something you think OPC should do a short webinar on, send an email to opc@maryland.gov. Sign up for one or all of our summer series live webinars.

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Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project FAQs

Interested in the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project? Get your questions answered here.

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OPC Releases Reports on Increases on Commodity and Distribution Portions of Customer Bills 

Maryland electric customers are facing rate increases in both the commodity and distribution portions of their bills. OPC has released two reports explaining these bill increases. One report (released in August) delves into how the supply (or commodity) charges will be rising starting June 1, 2025, because of the results of a recent auction held by PJM Interconnection, LLC, the entity that administers the wholesale power market and is responsible for transmission planning in our region, which saw prices beginning next June for electric generation capacity spike by more than 800 percent, and also because of how PJM has constructed its market in ways that leave customers highly vulnerable to price swings and the decisions of generation companies. The other report (released in June), using a variety of figures and tables, reveals that most Maryland utility customers have seen their gas and electricity distribution rates increase substantially over the last 10-15 years, with some rates increasing by multiples of two or three. This report focuses on the amounts that utilities charge their customers for delivering electricity and gas to customers’ homes and businesses, as distinct from the supply (or commodity) charges.      

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