Howard County Maryland Blog comments on Court ruling on firing the Public Service Commission.
David Keelan over at the Howard County Maryland Blog sums up the court decision on the Maryland General Assembly’s dysfunctionate attempt to fire the Public Service Commission: “General Assembly whacked again.”
He begins:
The Courts struck down the General Assembly attempt to fire the PSC as illegal and unconstitutional. No one is going to jail of course (though maybe we should consider it).
This has got to be tiring for Senate President Mike Miller. Once again in his blind ambition to whack Governor Bob Ehrlich he got whacked himself. Three major bills (Wal Mart “Fair Shair Health Care Bill, and early voting, and now this).
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Anyway (the Court opinion) goes on and on for 126 pages and lashes out at the Senate for even considering such bad legislation… The entire opinion can be read here.
Read the rest of his excellent post here.
I have written a number of times on this mess: First, my Tentacle columns…
June 7, 2006
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In response to a judge's decision on May 30 to overturn Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s "April Plan," to phase-in increases in electric rates, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) decided last Friday to go back to the original "March Plan" to phase in Baltimore Gas & Electric's deregulated electric rates due to go into effect July 1.
April 5, 2006
Shock and Amps – the Second Candle
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Members of the Maryland General Assembly’s leadership deserve a lifetime achievement award for ducking their responsibilities, scapegoating and obfuscating the truth in their response to the rate caps coming off Baltimore Gas and Electric as a result of the 1999 electric deregulation legislation.
April 4, 2006
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The recent power surge of Maryland General Assembly legislative initiatives in response to the end of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s electric rate price freeze ought to be referred to as the “Omnibus Rolling Blackout Acts of 2006.”
In KDDC:
20060622 KDDC How Legislators voted on SB1 Electric Rate Restructuring
22 Jun 2006 by
How Legislators voted on SB1 Electric Rate Restructuring SB 1 Economic Matters Report No.2, The President, "Public Service Commission - Electric Industry Restructuring" Voting on ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Emerg) in the House. ...
20060622 KDDC Gov Vetoes General Assemblys Electric Rate Hike Plan
22 Jun 2006 by
Governor Ehrlich Vetoes General Assembly’s Electric Rate Hike Plan; Supports Consumer Choice Without Interest Charges. Thu 6/22/2006 3:31 PM.
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