I welcome the news that the proposed BGE- FPL merger may fail because, unlike what is reported in the Sun, the merger does not offer a “promise of rate relief” for Maryland electric customers—it comes with a 72% rate increase! (“BGE merger in Danger, FPL warns”, 9-27.)
From what I can tell, leaders of both of the major parties have taken campaign contributions from BGE and, perhaps not coincidentally, they favor the merger that will cost Maryland electric customers millions of dollars.
Alternately, there are 18 candidates for public office in Maryland who are opposed to this “Enron-ization” of BGE and who call for the “Maryland-ization” of our public utilities, including: full public (community) ownership of our public utilities; the use of “eminent domain” to take back BGE; return of the “stranded costs” taxpayers have paid to BGE for decades; the creation of a Public Service Commission (PSC) that looks out after the interests of the taxpayers; making sure all Marylanders can afford the power they need to live; and moving Maryland to the forefront of the affordable, renewable energy and conservation movements.
On November 7, Marylanders who are sick of being ripped off by BGE should vote for Green Party candidates who will “Take Back BGE” from the fat cat CEOs and their political cronies in Annapolis.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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