Take action · Petitions to the Maryland Public Service Commission and Maryland's utilities
Utility Advisor Inc processes energy assistance applications every day. We see the same gaps in the rules week after week: a medical form that arrives a day late, a heat wave with no season protection, a solar discount the people it was written for never reach. These three petitions ask the Maryland Public Service Commission and Maryland's electric and gas utilities to close them. Each takes under a minute to sign.
Shut-off protection
A standing medical-equipment flag on the account, 90 days of protection with a referral to energy assistance, and no disconnection of a flagged home without reaching a person inside it.
Summer heat
Winter has a Nov 1 to Mar 31 shut-off protection season. Summer only has 72-hour extreme heat windows. We ask for a Jun 1 to Sep 30 season that mirrors the winter affidavit rule, and a final 120-hour summer extreme weather period.
Lower bills
One utility bill, a one-page plain-language disclosure, a simple income-qualification path (OHEP, SNAP, Medicaid or WIC counts) and a protected right for renters to subscribe.
Utility Advisor Inc is a Maryland 501(c)(3). These petitions are addressed to a regulator and to the companies it regulates, which is where the rules on shut-offs and community solar are written.
Each petition is delivered to the Maryland Public Service Commission and to Maryland's electric and gas utilities, together with the comment record signers choose to leave.
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