Reregulation of Electric Rates in Maryland

On Feb. 19, 2009, a press conference was held, in Annapolis, MD, dealing with the legislative effort in Maryland to re-regulate the electric industry. Since 1999, when the industry was deregulated by the General Assembly, rates for the consumers have gone up "over 85 percent," according to the Baltimore Sun. Pushing for the reregulation legislation are State Senators E.J. Pipkin and Jim Rosapepe, along with Delegates Michael Smigiel, Herman Taylor, Jill Carter, Patrick L. McDonough, and others. The Bills are SB795 and HB1312, and are both entitled: "Maryland Electricity Reregulation and Energy Independence Act of 2009." This video contains excerpts from the press conference. For background, see: http://reregelectricrates.com/
The full press conference is posted on Google at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5075972646970339987

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• Electric
• Industry
• Reregulation
• Maryland
• Sen. E.J. Pipkin
• Jim Rosapepe
• Del. Michael Smigiel
• Jill Carter
• Patrick L. McDonough
• Constellation Energy
• BG&E
• General
• Assembly
• Annapolis
• legislation
• SB795
• HB1312
• William Hughes

[peopleforjill]

Delegate Jill P. Carter shares her views 5 mins 31 seconds into this video. 

[phelonyjones]

Agreed AEIggy, that's hardly Baltimore

[AEIggy]

As a Baltimorean, I can tell you that E.J. Pipkin(the fat bastard with the glasses) does NOT have a strong Baltimore accent.

[LucindaLC]

The audio is so off on this video, and the first guy has a strong Baltimore accent.

[hellsunicorn]

Public utilities are an extremely difficult thing to deregulate because, like cable services, they are especially difficult to enter into given the heavily dominant and protected power structure already in place. Then again, there's no guarantee that government regulation will be any better. The best thing to do is to become self-sufficient, buy small turbines and solar panels and provide your own electricity.