Pepco increasing rates again?

[Anonymous]

This is because of Trump and the Republicans.

[Anonymous]

I electric bill is usually around 400 a month in the summer. Last year it was close to 700. I can't wait to see what this summer is going to be. I guess we will just turn off the AC and suffer.

[Anonymous]

This applies to all PEPCO customers and not just DC customers right? I am in MoCo and have not received any notification from them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is because of Trump and the Republicans.

Correct.

If you look at the itemized breakdown column on the monthly bill, you’ll see a line where it says “Fee paid to directly to Donald Trump”. Then underneath that line, there’s a similar line that says “Fee paid directly to GOP”.

On my bill from last month, the total was $427.09

Of that, $271.56 went to Donald Trump, and $41.11 went to the GOP.

Of my entire bill, only $114.42 was for actual electricity, taxes and fees. The rest was stolen by Donald Trump and the GOP.



Check your bills. See for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This applies to all PEPCO customers and not just DC customers right? I am in MoCo and have not received any notification from them

Just DC customers it seems.

MD and DC have separate regulatory agencies. DC’s regulator approved the rate increase. Not sure what happened in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I electric bill is usually around 400 a month in the summer. Last year it was close to 700. I can't wait to see what this summer is going to be. I guess we will just turn off the AC and suffer.

Your house must be at least 4000 sq ft. Mine is 2000 sq ft and I average around $175 for July and August. I keep the house at 72.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is because of Trump and the Republicans.

The RPS law required Maryland's renewable electricity supply to be at 32.6 percent in 2024 and 52.5 percent by 2030. But about 7 percent of the state's electricity needs were met by noncombustible renewable sources in 2022,

Ummm... if there is a limited supply of renewable energy and our laws require that we continually increase reliance on it... electricity will cost more. Trump and Republicans had nothing to do with that. But keep stoking your delusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is because of Trump and the Republicans.

Correct.

If you look at the itemized breakdown column on the monthly bill, you’ll see a line where it says “Fee paid to directly to Donald Trump”. Then underneath that line, there’s a similar line that says “Fee paid directly to GOP”.

On my bill from last month, the total was $427.09

Of that, $271.56 went to Donald Trump, and $41.11 went to the GOP.

Of my entire bill, only $114.42 was for actual electricity, taxes and fees. The rest was stolen by Donald Trump and the GOP.



Check your bills. See for yourself.

Yes he has issued an EO. Republicans are saying it will make you richer by paying more money to Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What else is PEPCO supposed to do besides raise rates? They don’t have any choice.

More fossil fuel power plants are closing each year. There’s not enough solar and wind generating coming on line to replace the electrical capacity that the closing plants provided.

So the only option utilities have is to make power more expensive so people will use less of it. Otherwise we get into a situation where there not enough power to go around. Then we get blackouts. Is that what you want?


Maybe one day there might be enough wind and solar to replace the electrical capacity of the closing fossil fuel plants. But there isn’t today. Or tomorrow or next year. So the only option is to make electricity so expensive that everyone uses less of it


This isn’t hard to process

The plants in our region haven't closed and Pepco (Exelon) is reliant on nuclear, so those rates shouldn't be changing. This is just a money grab and is a reason why people opposed the merger with Exelon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is because of Trump and the Republicans.

The RPS law required Maryland's renewable electricity supply to be at 32.6 percent in 2024 and 52.5 percent by 2030. But about 7 percent of the state's electricity needs were met by noncombustible renewable sources in 2022,

Ummm... if there is a limited supply of renewable energy and our laws require that we continually increase reliance on it... electricity will cost more. Trump and Republicans had nothing to do with that. But keep stoking your delusion.

Exelon has an over reliance on nuclear energy, and those rates are fixed. As such, our rates as consumers should not be going up, but they are, because they can.