A Message from the Maryland People’s Counsel

Welcome to the Official website of the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel. Maryland OPC is an independent State agency. Our mission is to represent the interests of residential consumers of electricity, natural gas, telecommunications and private water services in Maryland.

NEW EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR UTILITY CUSTOMERS and ADVOCATES [CLICK HERE FOR WELCOME MESSAGE] CONSUMER CORNER HAS THE FULL LIST OF VIDEOS

We are very active in a variety of PSC cases right now. OPC staff is working every day on a variety of cost, service and consumer protection issues, like Standard Offer Service (SOS) administrative charges, service reliability standards, supplier licensing and marketing issues, smart meter deployment, and energy efficiency programs. You can do a quick check of important issues in our HOT TOPICS list, and find the dates for HEARINGS. We also post energy supplier price information every month.

If you have any suggestions or comments, please use the Contact Us link to share your thoughts with us.

~Paula M. Carmody

ELECTRIC RATES FOR BGE, PEPCO, & DELMARVA CUSTOMERS, SUMMER 2013 BEGIN 6/1/2013 (SEE SUPPLIER RATE CHARTS FOR COMPARISONS) [ CONSUMER CORNER ]
ELECTRIC RATES FOR BGE, PEPCO, POTOMAC EDISON, & DELMARVA CUSTOMERS, NON-SUMMER (10/1/2013-5/31/2014) ARE POSTED. [ CONSUMER CORNER ]

Other Hot Topics >

5/20/13--Case 9314 Church Hill Farm to Construct a Solar Generation Facility in Queen Anne's County (Public Comment Hearing)
5/20/13--Case 9319--Potomac Edison--Investigation into Meter Reading Frequency, Estimation of Bills, and Compliance with Tariff

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A Message from the Maryland People’s Counsel