Unhappy with a $24 million rate increase approved in September, Potomac Electric Power Company asked D.C. regulators March 8 for an additional $52.1 million in distribution revenue. Pepco said it needs the increase because its revenues have not grown enough to support increased spending on reliability improvements. In its previous...

The House Monday night (March 18) gave final approval to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to subsidize development of offshore wind energy. The legislation will raise residential bills by $1.50 per month; most businesses would see a 1.4% increase in rates. Read more in the Baltimore Sun.

The Maryland Public Service Commission will begin archiving live-stream broadcasts of its proceedings over the Internet beginning May 1. The archives will be kept for six months.