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Transparency and Oversight Needed on Federal Grants, Not Deference to Utilities, People’s Counsel Says (7/27/2022)
People’s Counsel: Utilities’ Proposal to End Pandemic Protections for Residential Customers Should Be Rejected (6/21/22)
Siding with OPC, FERC Finds NRG Failed to Show $315 Million in Plant Costs Are Lawful (6/1/22)
Maryland People’s Counsel Protests NRG’s FERC Request to Foist Its Power Plant Costs on Utility Customers (5/6/22)
People's Counsel Seeks Transparency on Utility Efforts to Obtain Federal Infrastructure Funding (5/5/22)
Following Bribery Scandal, OPC Investigation of FirstEnergy’s Ownership of Potomac Edison Reveals Customer Risks (2/18/22)
Proposal to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources in Regional Market Flawed, OPC Tells Federal Agency (4/1/22)
Washington Gas Fined $1.1 Million for Customer Service Issues Following OPC Complaint (3/17/22)
OPC Testifies That Bill Allowing Maryland Communities to Aggregate Customers Will Benefit Consumers and Environment (2/18/21)
Court Reverses PSC on Washington Gas Merger and Rate Issues, in Victory for OPC (3/8/22)
OPC Calls on Maryland Public Service Commission to Address Exelon’s Regional Market Power (1/21/22)
OPC Applauds Proceeding on Electric Distribution Planning, Cautions Against Deferring to Utilities (1/18/22)
Washington Gas’s five-year gas main replacement irreconcilably behind schedule and exceeding costs, OPC tells Public Service Commission (1/10/22)
Following OPC’s appeal to federal court, agency reverses course on regional electric market rules that would have cost consumers billions (12/28/21)
Ruling on OPC Request, PSC Says Washington Gas Failed to Provide Adequate Customer Service, Violated Regulations and Merger Conditions (12/23/21)
Electricity Retail Supplier Deceived Consumers, Unlawfully Enrolled Residential Customers, Court Says in Ruling on OPC Complaint (12/17/21)
Federal Commission Agrees With OPC That Delmarva Power Failed to Show Control Center Plan Complies With Law (12/17/21)
In approving rate increases for Washington Gas, the Public Service Commission failed to meet its statutory responsibilities, OPC tells court (12/15/21)
To Green the Electric Transmission System, Federal Regulators Should Foster Competition, Reject Anti-Competitive Utility Proposals, OPC Says (11/30/21)
Office of People’s Counsel Files Complaint Against Washington Gas and Affiliate for Deceptive Green Marketing, Seeks $1 Million in Civil Penalties (11/23/21)
Agreeing with OPC, Public Service Commission denies Potomac Edison’s request for a $11.2 million rate increase (10/27/21)
In Response to OPC Request, Public Service Commission Orders Washington Gas to Address Customer-Service Issues and Proposed Civil Penalty (10/18/21)
Columbia Gas’s proposed ninth rate increase in nine years driven by investor strategy and should be rejected, OPC says (10/5/21)
Washington Gas Should Pay $1.5 Million in Penalties and Fix Customer Service Issues, OPC Tells PSC (9/30/21)
More Transparency Needed for the Millions That Customers Pay for Utility Trade Group Dues, Office of People’s Counsel Tells Federal Agency (9/2/21)
Penalty Issued Against Retail Supplier in Case Brought by Office of People's Counsel (8/26/21)
Federal Regulators Rule for OPC in Dispute With Regional Power Pool Over Customer Costs (8/19/21)