With the end of the state’s moratorium on utility service cutoffs looming, Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday heard from regulators, energy assistance agencies, consumer advocates and the utilities themselves on what they’re planning to do to aid struggling ratepayers.
Members of the House Economic Matters Committee and the Senate Finance Committee are plainly worried about the approaching change in state policy and its possible impact on their constituents during a time of great economic uncertainty.
“It’s getting to be cold,” said state Sen. Malcolm Augustine (D-Prince George’s). “I am extremely concerned. The deadline in my mind is pretty dubious.”
Officially, the state’s moratorium on utility service shutoffs, which was imposed in early April, less than a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to end on Oct. 1.
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