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Urges State and Local Leaders to Stop the BGE-Constellation Rate Hike
Baltimore, MD. Delegate Jill P. Carter, who has called for a Special Legislative Session, of the Maryland General Assembly, to prevent a massive electric utility rate increase of 48 percent, set for June 1, 2007, is urging state and local officials to take necessary actions to stop the rate hike and serve the public interest. Carter will unite with hundreds of citizens, members of a Coalition against BGE-Constellation Rate Hike, the Baltimore NAACP, and others, on:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Location: Constellation Energy Group Headquarters (750 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202) Carter continues her demand for a special session, but also urges appointed interim Mayor, Sheila Dixon, to take leadership on behalf of Baltimore residents and release the funds approved last year by the City Council to study creation of a Baltimore public utility.
“It is time for Baltimore to take control over its energy supply. The residents and small businesses of this city cannot afford a massive and unfair rate increase. State and local leaders need to move beyond words and take immediate action to stop BGE-Constellation from trampling the people we represent”, Carter said. “It’s our job to use our collective power to ensure that the public interest is served, not to pad the profits of BGE-Constellation,” Carter said. “Baltimore residents need affordable energy. The city needs to conserve and develop clean energy alternatives. These critical needs of the community are in direct conflict with the profit priority of BGE-Constellation.”
The Baltimore City Council passed two resolutions in 2006 taking steps toward a Baltimore Public Utility. Resolutions: 06-0198R, July 10, 2006, and 06-016R, March 20, 2006, provided for funds for a feasibility study on developing a public electric utility. The Resolution was adopted with only one vote against it. The lone opponent was councilman Keifer Mitchell. The funds provided for in the Council resolution have yet to be released by the interim mayor, Dixon, despite being approved in July 2006.
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