Guarantee me a 30 minute response and fix my power outage within a hour or two and maybe just may the rate increase would be worth it. Outside of that take that increase and shove it up O'Malley's you know what.

This'll go well!

forget about the rate hike fire the bigwigs and put monkeys in their place and sit back and watch the improvement

We'll be buying toilet paper and milk when there is a thunderstorm warning if this keeps up.

I like how BGE wants to charge us more, but gives us the option of participating in one of their programs that'll rob us of some of our energy freedom in exchange for a little monetary relief. It's so big of them.

I think BGE Sucks. All the big shots to take a pay cut and they help out. The working people can't deal with BGE raising are bill.

Dear BGE, picture this . . . my right hand raised with my middle finger pointing to the god given blue sky!

Dear BGE, why don't you make the necessary infrastructure upgrades from your profits that your store in offshore bank accounts?

Higher rates because of their administrative failures? "Smart energy savings program", more like "con (BS) program", BGE, your criminal!

They already charge more than any other power company. If you let them do this to you you are all sheep. Stand up together and fight this. People need to rise up and fight this

People are loosing their homes and due to higher costs for food and gasoline, people will have to choose between food and clothing and not be able to pay their electric/gas bills, then lose their homes again. When does it end!! How bout turning in some of that bonus/higher salaries for BGE higher ups.

This is so irritating. BGE wants to raise prices to "modernize" their systems, and expect everyone to be supportive of that because so many of us recently suffered for days without power. But, maybe if their systems were already more modernized, we wouldn't have had to suffer as much. They're making money hand over fist and should be putting some of that money back into their business, keeping it up to date. I guess BGE just thinks we're all ripe for the picking.

Where is Mayo Shattuck III with all the money he sucked out of the company when he sold yet another Baltimore headquartered firm out of state? Maybe he could help them out a bit???

People DO need to fight this just like they need to fight water fluoridation and many, many other things, but it's like people get upset, then settle down and just take it up the rear and complain about it. What has happened to people these days? It's like people just ultimately accept anything. FIGHT this.

Once again, what we need is to make advancements in SOLAR and WIND power, yes, that's right, using the sun and the wind along with back up generators and solar/wind batteries that run homes at night. When's the last time we had a sun outage (night time doesn't count for all those smart A's out there lol)? The sun always comes up, every day, without fail and the wind always blows. That is unlimited energy and while such a setup would be expensive, not having an electric bill and being off the grid would pay for itself very quickly. Matter of fact, if you did have solar and wind power and were still on the grid, but not using it, BGE would be paying YOU for the power you would be pumping into the grid. That is no lie, either.

Solar, wind and even hydroelectric devices. Those ARE the future. BGE is terrible with power outages. Really? It's 2012 and we still can't handle thunderstorms? We still have trees falling on power lines? Once again, WHERE IS THE ADVANCEMENT? Advancement in the US stopped over 10 years ago. Reason? Greed, simple as that. Neither big oil or BGE would relinquish their hold on us without a long FIGHT from the people.

I just got a notice that my budget billing is going down by $50 per month. With energy efficient appliances, which we're militantly encouraged to buy, most people are consuming less gas and electric. So basically what it is, is they've forced us to reduce our consumption, and now they're bellyaching because they're making less money as a result. What they tell us is: Consume less, pay less. But what they WANT is: Consume less, pay MORE. They're obviously trying to have it both ways. And with O'Smarmy in charge, they'll likely get exactly what they want.

I wish that B G & E would stop robbing us of our money to pay for our electric.
I agree with you Gloria Swanson about your first comment.

I also think that maybe we should also go solar power and back up generator

It seems right now, the price of a wind turbine producing enough energy to power the average home is between $35-$50,000, which is around 100Kw of energy. Still out of people's price ranges, most people anyway, but how long before it paid for itself? It's free electricity and not only that, any excess power goes back into the grid which BGE will send you checks for. I think most people (just a guess) pay around $2,500 or more on electricity per year. Of course, the prices will have to come down some for wind turbines. If only these companies realized that if they made prices for high powered solar panels and wind turbines affordable for more people, they would sell like hotcakes, as they say. I think most people want OFF the grid, they want cleaner and more reliable energy. Bring down the prices and both these industries will take off like rockets. I'd put money on it.

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Do you think the PSC cares? NO, they are made up of people that profit off rate hikes. Do our politicians care? NO, they are the ones appointing the PSC, which is made up of people that help push them into office. Not one person on here agrees with the hike. With that said, then why will it still get passed> We are fu_ _ ed

The rates for electricity and gas are so ridiculous in Maryland, I am glad that I moved back to Pennsylvania. I lived in a 2 br, 1ba townhome in Cockeysville, MD which was approximately 700 sq ft and my bill would be over $100 about now. I moved to a 3 br, 2.5ba which is around 2000 sq ft and only paid $80 last month with this ridiculous heat wave. A bit of a difference, huh?

During the winter I could pay up to $260/month with BGE. Now I know I won't pay anything close to that, yet I will have equal to better service and live in a much bigger place. That's only because BGE's rates are so exorbitant. I also didn't tell you that I had to pay a $367 security deposit for BGE. Though, my rental office in MD didn't charge me a single penny for my security deposit. My utility companies here in PA, didn't charge me a cent for security deposit. So, I feel for you MD. BGE will think of any excuse so that they can price gouge their customers.

I am so tired of paying BGE for services they cannot render. I understand violent acts of nature occur, but I feel I shouldn't be held responsible for paying for BGE's CEOs and higher ups to get the "moonroof" option on their new cars....

Big business is booming, we need to stand up and show these monopolies that we won't stand for it!

Why do I keep getting email notices of new posts on blogs when the posts aren't even here?

Look, you guys have to stop with this "Dems vs. Repubs" stuff. Don't you guys see they are both on the same side? They are playing for the same team, all these stupid labels do is direct anger towards each other. Can't we stop it? It's so silly. Dems and Repubs are on the same side, they don't want progression and all you guys want to do is blame each other for everything. BOTH parties are the problem, matter of fact, the party system is the problem. I consider myself an Independent. I have looked up the definitions of conservative and liberal and find that both have good things about them, but some things I don't agree with at all and aren't even good for anyone. Why does everyone insist on blaming each other? It's the government you should direct your anger to, not each other. THEY are the ones ruining this country, but we are too busy hating each other to stop them. It's their plan all along, to divide us so we don't know what's going on while they pass bills in the middle of the night or on weekends when no one is paying attention.

The party system is a cancer to this country, but people are ridiculed for not "picking a side" and independents aren't even taken seriously. A president that is Independent? They'd never get coverage and hardly any (I)'s in congress. Reps and Dems are both killing this country because all you want to do is blame each other.

The REAL terrorists that we have to worry about are domestic, in our own government, the ones who have thrown the constitution out the window because it gets in the way of their plans. Look at what the TSA does to people at airports now? Is that constitutional? Government is involved in so many things it has no constitutional right to be involved with and with more government comes less freedom and less liberty along with more laws. Corporations have human rights now, you know that? These copyright bills are unconstitutional, the government is out of control and it's BOTH parties responsible. The party system is only there to divide people so much that we can't tell what's going on because we're too busy hating each other. Don't you people see they are both on the same side? People need to let go of this stuff because no matter what you are or what category you choose to put yourself into, we ALL have a common goal and that common goal is to FIX THIS COUNTRY. We can at least put aside our differences long enough to see that, right? Take the good things from the Dem side, the Repubs, the Libs and the Conservatives and keep all the things that make sense and get rid of everything else. ALl this infighting going on between our own people is only playing into their plan and making it easier to do whatever they want. We don't even have to declare war anymore, we just do what we want to do. BOTH parties are the problem, it's killing us. It's much easier to do if we're divided!

Hooray for you Mike!!! Finally someone speaking a language I understand!!! Very basic, very common sense oriented!!!

What is happening to our wonderful country at this time can be described very neatly...'death by a thousand stings'...

You might want to go back to 1776, I don't. But maybe that thing about how they treated women .....................?

Tim ,I'm sorry, I was totally wrong , I read your post about Erlich to fast .That blaming of Erlich for this got O'Malley in office .Funniest part is his biggest supporters were served by PEPCO. They didn't even get brought up back then . People really do have to understand that BGE is ONLY allowed to make a set profit ,set by PSC ,if they need capital repairs and infrastructure they must raise rates , There isn't any millionaires running BGE.I know you won't believe that and that is okay ,after the brain washing O'Malley did and the recent CRAZY events ,Snow maggeddon, Irene and who the hell ever heard of a Drecchio ? I know we never did as BGE employees. Hey just remember 4 out of 10 employees who were working during that storm didn't have power at their own homes for at least half that storm. And BGE can only charge $1.00 per event for the first 24 hours per resident . Again why intelligent people can't understand that if the meter isn't spinning we aren't making ANY money , Why we wouldn't want to be up and running 100% during one of Maryland Hottest weeks doesn't make sense. Look at India or even worse look at your fellow Marylander s served by PEPCO.

Owe'Malley is responsible for more tax rate and fee increases in this state than the previous 3 governors combined.

Mike Fisher,
I look forward to hearing from you. I am very knowledgable on these topics, and I am willing to talk to anyone that is serious about making changes.
Msmignite@gmail.com

Could someone honestly answer one thing ,What could BGE do? That drecchio and many Baltimoreans know this, there weren't trees just down across wires there were trees from the house two doors up blown down on top of your wires in area of Towson,Dundalk and Parkville many trees totally healthy didn't fall straight down they snapped in half and blew twenty feet ensnaring lines.No one would EVER touched those trees in a trimming process because you wouldn't possibly think that would happen. We just lived through probably (hopefully)a once in a lifetime storm,instead of being honest about the fury of nature everyone blames BGE. Hey I'm an employee ,I would have told you, you were crazy if you tried to clear some of the damage I saw.I would accused us of being a totally environmental unfriendly ,profit grabbing monopoly.Because like most BGE employees I live in the neighborhoods that were slammed beyond belief. As a citizen I have to admit after the snow blizzards ,Irene ,then this BGE should do more .But after working through all of them and wanting my neighborhood as shady green as possible I REALLY would have been pissed if they cut down the trees that these events knocked down and we never had those events.It'll take 20 years to bury all lines,how long before they get to your neighborhood ?You going to want extra $200.00 a month on your bill and they don't even get to your neighborhood in your lifetime? Sorry Felt like it was time someone from the OTHER side Ranted!

BGE's request for a rate increase is for distribution charges. BGE already raised the price they charge for the energy they deliver. BGE's price for residential electricity supply is now 21 percent above competitive market prices and their price for natural gas supply, which BGE raised on Aug 1, is now 7.5% above market.

You can choose the energy company that supplies electricity and natural gas to you through BGE and get your energy at a lower price. BGE delivers it, but you pay less for it.

Here are the numbers -
BGE now charges residential (schedule R) customers 9.862 cents per kWh for the electricity supply portion of their service. Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES) will supply electricity through BGE to you for 7.8 cents per kWh.

The same for natural gas - BGE's current price for natural gas supply is 56.22 cents per therm. WGES will supply natural gas through BGE to you for 51 cents per therm.

To see your price options, go to www.wges.com . To get WGES' promotional pricing, you need to enter a promotional code. Here it is. Where it asks "New to WGES? Enter your promo code here" enter code " EAHOME-EA1016 ". The code will get you WGES' promotional pricing.

If you enroll your BGE accounts with WGES, BGE will continue to deliver your electricity and natural gas as always, respond to issues, and handle the billing as before. But you will pay less for it. There is no service interruption. Nothing is connected or disconnected.

There is a ground floor business opportunity involving renewable/wind energy going live in a few days. Contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Michele (msmignite@gmail.com)

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Msmignite@gmail.com

Michele, I would caution you on this. I am very familiar with this company.

You want to CAUTION ME on sharing a business opportunity? Only those who are genuinely interested in helping others AND truly interested in improving their financial circumstances will contact me:)

Do you know what they are referring this business to? Do you know how many court cases are involved. I could have put up as ton of links on the subject and I did not. I'm just suggesting don't over do it.