Exelon couldn't find a single Maryland lawmaker to introduce their bill letting BGE build power plants and charge ratepayers for everything, even if the plants are never built.
Then Sen. Kevin Harris, in office 60 days, filed it at the last minute as the lone sponsor. His quote: "Who knows whether this is the right one."
34 lobbyists. $925K in lobbying. Super Bowl ads. This is the best they could do.
BGE customers are seeing bills double this winter. BGE blames cold weather.
The real story: delivery rates have tripled since Exelon acquired BGE in 2012. Profits went from $147M to $527M. Hazardous leaks increased. The PSC chair just resigned with no explanation.
Washington Gas charges half what BGE does. The difference is Exelon—a Chicago corporation that promised shareholders 5-7% growth. That growth comes from Baltimore.
#BGE #Baltimore #Maryland #Exelon #Utilities
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Energy companies are carving a niche at CES, highlighting the tech sector's rising power demands as AI and cloud computing grow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/13/tech/tech-energy-transition-vegas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #google #microsoft #exelon #amazoncom #lasvegas #tech #ces #energy #electronics
Why the push for more #NuclearPlants? Blame it on #BigTech (and #AI and #cryptocurrency)
Tech companies want #NuclearPower. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks
Story by Spencer Kimball
August 9, 2024
"Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean [sic] energy to power #ArtificialIntelligence, sparking resistance from some utilities over the potential impact on the #ElectricGrid.
"#DataCenters, the computer warehouses that run the Internet, in some cases now require a gigawatt or more of power, comparable to the average capacity of a nuclear reactor in the U.S.
[...]
Amazon's nuclear agreement
"Co-locating data centers next to nuclear plants already faces controversy.
"In March, Amazon Web Services [#AWS] bought a data center powered by the 41-year-old #SusquehannaNuclear plant in #Pennsylvania from #TalenEnergy for $650 million. But the agreement to directly sell power to the AWS data center from the nuclear plant already faces opposition from utilities American Electric Power and #Exelon, who have filed complaints at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)."
#Baltimore, #Exelon is an extractive investor owned utility abusing its state-granted utility service #Monopoly to profit from forcing #Methane and #Methane generated #Electricity on us captive ratepayers while delaying and subverting a just and rapid transition to #Wind #Solar #Storage #DistributedEnergyResources #GridEfficiency
Their proposed #RateIncrease is #ClimateCrime
Tell #MarylandPSC to tell #Exelon investors and #BGE to stuff it
Yup
"Pritzker was right to keep moratorium on new Illinois nuclear plants.
The bill the governor vetoed would have opened the door to negative environmental impacts and higher costs for consumers while jeopardizing progress toward #Illinois’ clean energy future."
ComEd Seeks Record-High $1.5 Billion Rate Hike Over Next 4 Years
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/comed-seeks-record-high-1-5-billion-rate-hike-over-next-4-years/3048166/
#ComEd #Chicago #Illinois #Exelon
