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Maryland PSC Halves BGE True-Up, Approves $77.2 Million With 2026 Bill Increase

The decision underscores affordability concerns during the multi-year rate experiment ahead of a law that will bar future recoveries.

Overview

  • Average residential bills will rise about $0.72 for electricity and $1.95 for gas each month starting in February 2026 and running through the end of 2027.
  • The commission said granting the full $152.3 million would risk unaffordable rates and criticized BGE’s forecasting and budget overruns, while acknowledging some spending benefits.
  • BGE attributed the 2023 under-recovery to high inflation, supply-chain disruptions, a depreciation formula error, and storm restoration costs, saying the work supported safety and reliability.
  • The ruling covers BGE’s second and final reconciliation under Maryland’s pilot for multi-year rate plans, which began with BGE’s 2020 application and allows up to two true-ups.
  • Lawmakers passed the 2025 Next Generation Energy Act to bar similar recovery requests going forward, a change not retroactive to this filing, after extensive public pushback including about 7,000 customer postcards.