Fight Back Against Unfair Retail Energy Practices

Urge Governor Moore to sign SB 1!

We all get those calls and mailers. Or you get the knock on the door. Retail energy suppliers are everywhere. They are selling in malls, at big box stores, and even outside the Department of Social Services, touting low-cost clean energy. They promise to reduce your gas and electric bill, often sweetening the pitch with a gift card or airline miles. And yet, too often, third-party retail energy suppliers rely on predatory sales tactics to lure people into signing a contract and after a month, the rate is variable which often costs more than if you stayed with the regulated utility.

Thankfully, Senator Augustine and Delegate Crosby have introduced SB 1 Electricity and Gas – Retail Supply – Regulation and Consumer Protection. The legislation reins in unscrupulous sales tactics.

The bill provides price protections to ensure retail energy supply is affordable. It also imposes new standards for “clean energy” marketing and offers and expands the Maryland Public Service Commission oversight.

You have asked your lawmakers to support SB1 and you have asked Governor Moore to sign SB 1. Now the industry is ramping up their lobbying to urge Governor Moore to veto SB 1. If Governor Moore vetoes SB 1, there would be little to no consumer protections when you are deciding who your energy supplier should be. Can you spare another minute to tell him to support this legislation? A personal email from you could make the difference between this bill going into law or not. Thank you in advance for choosing to be the difference!

Urge Governor Moore to sign SB 1 Electricity and Gas – Retail Supply – Regulation and Consumer Protection.

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore

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Dear Governor Moore,

As a Marylander, I urge you to support SB 1, Electricity and Gas – Retail Supply – Regulation and Consumer Protection. Consumers like me are tired of being taken advantage of by retail energy suppliers who lure us in with promises of lower rates, only to switch to a higher rate after a short period.

SB 1 will provide essential oversight to protect consumers when transitioning from a regulated to an unregulated energy market.
The bill ensures that energy salespersons are licensed and prohibits fraudulent sales practices. Your support for SB 1 is crucial in safeguarding the interests of energy consumers like me.

Thank you for your commitment to consumer protection!

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