Maryland PIRG

04/07/2025

🎉Victory! The Maryland General Assembly has passed bipartisan legislation to protect consumers from wasteful utility spending that has caused utility bills to skyrocket saving Marylanders hundreds of millions of dollars.💰
Read more: bit.ly/utilityreform

04/05/2025

Shout out to the Maryland House of Delegates for standing with Maryland utility customers by reforming STRIDE and multi-year ratemaking.

03/04/2025

Utilities spend millions on lobbying every year to get them access to our elected officials. A new Maryland PIRG report released today reveals the big spending Maryland's electric and gas utilities are doing in Annapolis – to protect and increase their profits. Just last year they spent a $2.2 million on lobbying. Our legislators vote on policies and personnel appointments that directly affect our utility bills.

02/17/2025

02/16/2025

Many Maryland households are facing some of their highest gas bills ever this winter, largely because of massive spending on gas infrastructure, according to Maryland people's counsel.

02/06/2025

07/23/2024

When large outsider donors overpower small local donors, it’s hard for Baltimore City voters to feel like their views are shaping the dynamics of the race or the priorities of Baltimore’s elected o…

04/08/2024

VICTORY: has passed to reform EmPOWER Maryland, our state’s energy efficiency program.

TY Delegate Brian Crosby, Governor Wes Moore, Senator Brian Feldman for your work on HB864! 🏡 ⚡️ 💚

03/14/2024

New white paper takes a look at the scale of direct lobbying by regulated utilities, as well as other activities that can be reasonably categorized as intended to shift public opinion and influence decision-makers. https://pirg.org/maryland/foundation/resources/politics-of-power-gas-and-electric-utilities-political-spending-in-maryland/

03/13/2024

Inspired by this incredible group and the collaboration between consumer groups, environmentalists, health and housing advocates, and Governor Wes Moore. Updating means lower bills, warmer homes in winter, cooler homes in summer and cleaner air for our families.

02/12/2024

ICYMI: Maryland PIRG joined Jayne Miller on WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 Saturday to talk about legislative opportunities to help transition Maryland homes and buildings to 100% clean, efficient energy.

Jayne talks with Emily Scarr, Maryland PIRG and Doug Siglin, Chesapeake Climate Action Network on several bills in the legislature to make homes and buildings use cleaner, more efficient energy. Plus, a conversation with Shanna Ports, Campaign Legal Center on the growing influence of SUPERPacs in po...