Politics & Government
Testify About BGE's Reliability Tuesday
There's a public hearing about a bill requesting investigation into BGE.
Howard County residents who believe that they are receiving unreliable service from BGE can testify Tuesday at the County Council's public hearing.
On the schedule for the hearing is CR134-2012 (PDF), a bill sponsored by Councilwoman Courtney Watson and co-sponsored by members Calvin Ball and Jennifer Terrasa.
The bill requests that the Public Service Commssion (PSC) investigate BGE's reliability into certain neighborhoods and that the PSC require the utility to disclose outage information to county officials after 24 hours.
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The PSC is already investigating BGE's reliability in Font Hill, Dunloggin, Valley Mede and several nearby neighborhoods after Ellicott City resident Cathy Eshmont submitted a petition outlining what residents referred to as “chronic reliability problems.”
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Watson's bill is an attempt to investigate "pockets" in Howard County where residents believe they, too, have reliability problems.
"Many people are suffering through repeated outages without realizing that there is an effort going on to help them,” Watson said late last month.
The hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the George Howard Building in Ellicott City. It will also be broadcast live online. Residents wishing to testify can sign up to speak or submit written testimony online.
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