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Revised BG&E Smart Grid Plan Gets Conditional Go-Ahead. But Will It Fly? By SGN Staff Aug 13, 2010 - 7:34:11 PM
Baltimore Gas & Electric’s revamped stimulus-funded Smart Grid initiative, knocked down in an earlier Maryland PSC decision, got approval Friday with strings attached, according to a report in the Maryland Daily Record. The commission said the utility cannot assess an upfront surcharge to make customers help pay for the smart meter rollout. That’s a condition that BG&E won’t like – as the Daily Record reported, the utility had indicated it might scrap its proposal if the PSC rejected a surcharge. At stake: $200 million in Smart Grid stimulus money to help pay for the smart meter rollout in BG&E territory.
Quick Take: Stay tuned on this one; the PSC clearly left the ball in BG&E’s court.
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