"We helped lower utility bills," Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) declared in a New Year's Eve video recapping the 2024 legislative "accomplishments" of his office and colleagues in the Maryland General Assembly. As Maryland utility customers are beginning to realize as 2025 begins, Moore lied. Pepco has just informed customers that, beginning this month, their electric bills will be increasing by at least 5%. The reasons? Laws passed by our elected officials in Annapolis.
While our elected officials try to hide new taxes and fees by having businesses collect them, such as bag taxes, Pepco has been upfront in their billing communications about government being the reason for the new charges and increases. In their message to customers, Pepco cites the new "EmPOWER MD" surcharge of 4% that was rammed through the legislature and signed by Moore in 2023. Moore and those in the legislature who supported the increased surcharge to energy utilities knew full well that the amount would be passed on directly to utility customers. This is theft, not "efficiency."
A second reason Pepco cites is that it is facing a 1% increase in its supply costs, a direct result of "supply and demand by generator plants." Why is the supply of electricity down? Because the same Maryland legislature has ordered the closure of not one, not two, but eight coal-fired power stations across the state over the last 13 years. With AI, data centers, and electric vehicles contributing to an all-time high in energy demands, Maryland is trending in the opposite direction of dwindling supply and rising costs.
In claiming to have lowered residents' utility bills, Gov. Moore lied. His claim would earn Four Pinocchios, if The Washington Post were to fact check our local elected officials' frequent false claims. They don't. Kudos to Pepco for telling the truth.
11 comments:
Democrats lying about raising taxes? All fun and games until they run out of other peoples money.
All hat, no cattle. We made a big mistake X2 we shall see....
When the State decided to 'go the route' of PG County, we gave up the ship. Too bad.
"The same Maryland legislature has ordered the closure of not one, not two, but eight coal-fired power stations across the state over the last 13 years."
The state of Virginia has shut down all but two of its coal-fired power stations, in about the same time frame as Maryland.
Hogan was X1
They have 6 power plants that run on coal, but here's the whole story:
"The Virginia Clean Economy Act, signed into law on April 12, 2020 by Governor Ralph Northam, requires "all coal-fired electric generating units operating in the Commonwealth" to be retired by the end of 2024 with limited exceptions. The governor also signed legislation that will lay the groundwork for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative."
Coal plants have been shut down across the US because they're extremely expensive to run, comparatively. Robert could not be more ignorant of the economics of this topic.
Alsobrooks x2
The elephant in the room is that there is no backup plan. Typical liberal logic who still thinks electricity comes from wall sockets.
@ 1:51 PM - I'm only seeing two active coal plants on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Virginia
@9:57 Doesn't really matter as democrats have replace Lucas, (Joe), as the "Prince of Darkness". 7:32 is dead on
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