the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Sep 29, 2025
Maryland households will have their electric bills lowered by a total of between $30 and $70 over the next year because of a rebate legislated earlier this year. Top elected officials declared the program “a lifeline to those with the tightest budgets.”
The real lifeline is to the power companies. To make up for the lower bills, the state will pay 200 million dollars straight to the electric companies like Pepco and BGE. Meanwhile last year the state approved rate increases which will raise electric bills by a total of 180 million dollars a year for the next four years. Goodbye rebate!
In the last decade and a half, the state has let Pepco more than double what it charges to deliver electricity.
BGE raised its rate steeply, too. Some household bills hit $1,000 or more per month last winter. Customers are falling behind on their payments. Overdue balances of BGE customers nearly doubled in the last year. But BGE’s parent company Exelon made two and a half billion dollars in profits.
No lifeline. Just more lies to cover up high rates and high profits, most painful for “those with the tightest budgets.”