BGE electric customers can expect $250 annual bill increases, report says

Electric customers in Baltimore Gas and Electric’s area can expect average increases of $21 per month, or about $250 a year, on their bills starting next June, on top of previously announced rate hikes and transmission line costs, a state agency that represents ratepayers is warning. The Office of People’s Counsel, which advocates for utility customers, blames poor planning by the regional grid operator, both for new transmission projects and in managing wholesale power markets, and warns that consumers will be hit by years of unprecedented cost increases.