BGE is requesting an average $8-per-month rate hike for its electric customers beginning next year, but the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel (OPC) has plans to challenge the proposal. OPC is an independent state agency that advocates for utility customers and ensures utility rates remai n reasonable. BGE’s rate increase request was submitted to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval, and hearings will ensue over the next several months. Read more (and listen) at WYPR. ...read more read less