In the wake of the power outages in late June and early July, the Maryland Public Service Commission is inviting the public to share their experiences and opinions of the performance of the state’s power-providing utilities. The hearing focusing on the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) will take place August 14th in the War Memorial Building.
Citizens who want to speak up about their experiences with the June 29th “derecho” storm and related outages must first sign up at a table outside the hearing room.
BGE completed restoring the 748,000-plus outages from the storm by July 7, according to the company’s website. BGE says the storm was “one of the most damaging in [the company's] nearly 200-year history.”
The Sun reports that BGE struggled to gather the necessary manpower to deal with the storm’s aftermath, and the average customer’s power loss lasted 38 hours. The outages have spurred both criticisms of BGE’s response methods and ongoing suggestions for service improvements.
For more information about the hearings, contact Regina L. Davis of the Public Service Commission at rdavis@psc.state.md.us or at 410-767-8054.
The public hearing on BGE will be held:
Tuesday, August 14th
7 p.m.
War Memorial Building
Paul C. Wolman Assembly Room
101 North Gay Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
In addition, the Maryland Public Service Commission is accepting written comments through September 10th mailed to:
David J. Collins, Executive Secretary
Maryland Public Service Commission
William Donald Schaefer Tower
6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
