Even with sweeping utility reform legislation in place, regulators fight rising rate requests

Savings from a sweeping utilities reform bill this year are on the way, but energy regulators told state lawmakers Tuesday that they have seen rising rate requests from power companies in the meantime, and expect to see more.

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 641

Last Updated: 2 days, 12 hours ago

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Savings from a sweeping utilities reform bill this year are on the way, but energy regulators told state lawmakers Tuesday that they have seen rising rate requests from power companies this year, and expect to see more.

Those comments came during a briefing for the House Environment and Transportation on the implementation of the Utility RELIEF Act, signed into law this year as lawmakers continued to search for ways to rein in rising energy …

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