Comments on: BGE Shutting Off Power To 70K+ Marylanders http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/06/bge-shutting-off-power-to-70k-marylanders/ News and commentary about Maryland policy and politics. Written by Judd Legum -- attorney, Annapolis native and candidate for Delegate in District 30. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Charlie Cooper http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/06/bge-shutting-off-power-to-70k-marylanders/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Charlie Cooper Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:09:18 +0000 http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/?p=931#comment-622 The federal energy/climate bill gives 85% of the emission permits free to polluters, which means that consumers are in for another reaming if the bill passes in that form. The cost of energy will rise and the profits will go to the utilities and energy producers. The concept put forward by Obama, Maryland Rep. Chris van Hollen, and environmental advocacy groups would make industry pay for the permits and then rebate most of the money to consumers to allow them to balance their budgets in the face of higher energy costs. The federal energy/climate bill gives 85% of the emission permits free to polluters, which means that consumers are in for another reaming if the bill passes in that form. The cost of energy will rise and the profits will go to the utilities and energy producers.

The concept put forward by Obama, Maryland Rep. Chris van Hollen, and environmental advocacy groups would make industry pay for the permits and then rebate most of the money to consumers to allow them to balance their budgets in the face of higher energy costs.

]]> By: BGE Cutting Power To 75,000 | Eye On Annapolis http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/06/bge-shutting-off-power-to-70k-marylanders/comment-page-1/#comment-510 BGE Cutting Power To 75,000 | Eye On Annapolis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:21:43 +0000 http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/?p=931#comment-510 [...] as Legum’s New Line has pointed out, when you have 74,000 people unable to afford electricity; it is indicative of a [...] [...] as Legum’s New Line has pointed out, when you have 74,000 people unable to afford electricity; it is indicative of a [...]

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