Emily Warfield Scarr
@emilyscarr.bsky.social
Senior Advisor with MarylandPIRG.
Upgrade Maryland Campaign Manager.
Baltimore, MD
Upgrade Maryland Campaign Manager.
Baltimore, MD
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Two more good decisions from the IIlinois Commerce Commission...
STATEMENT: Regulators slash Nicor, Ameren rate hikes
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STATEMENT: Regulators slash Nicor, Ameren rate hikes
pirg.org/illinois/med...
STATEMENT: Regulators slash Nicor, Ameren rate hikes
pirg.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Two more good decisions from the IIlinois Commerce Commission...
STATEMENT: Regulators slash Nicor, Ameren rate hikes
pirg.org/illinois/med...
STATEMENT: Regulators slash Nicor, Ameren rate hikes
pirg.org/illinois/med...
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Maryland utiility regulators are using their new authority to ensure Washington Gas' pipe safety spending priritizes safety and is cost effective
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pirg.org/maryland/upd...
Utility regulators scrutinize 2025 Washington Gas infrastructure spending
New law requires spending to priotize safety and be cost-effective
pirg.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Maryland utiility regulators are using their new authority to ensure Washington Gas' pipe safety spending priritizes safety and is cost effective
pirg.org/maryland/upd...
pirg.org/maryland/upd...
An explosion of state-supported infrastructure spending by utilities caused the increases, leading many states to reconsider, restrict, or roll back their policies. Read more:
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Natural gas prices are low, but your monthly gas bill is up. Here's why
Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.
www.npr.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An explosion of state-supported infrastructure spending by utilities caused the increases, leading many states to reconsider, restrict, or roll back their policies. Read more:
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Relax, America, There Is Life After Nonstick Pans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
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Thanks to MD PSC (www.psc.state.md.us), gas corporations can no longer unfairly charge existing customers big $ to add new customers--saves customers $1B in hidden fees & helps reduce the $1.3B in annual health costs due to gas burning equipment in MD.
A win for Maryland gas utility customers - Maryland Matters
Natural gas customers will save $1 billion over the next decade under a new Maryland policy that puts that cost where it belongs, writes Emily Scarr, on the utilities, which now earn $3 from existing ...
marylandmatters.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to MD PSC (www.psc.state.md.us), gas corporations can no longer unfairly charge existing customers big $ to add new customers--saves customers $1B in hidden fees & helps reduce the $1.3B in annual health costs due to gas burning equipment in MD.
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Natural gas customers will save $1 billion over the next decade under a new Maryland policy that puts that cost where it belongs, writes Emily Scarr, on the utilities, which now earn $3 from existing ratepayers for every $1 spent hooking up new homes.
marylandmatters.org/2025/09/27/a...
marylandmatters.org/2025/09/27/a...
A win for Maryland gas utility customers - Maryland Matters
Natural gas customers will save $1 billion over the next decade under a new Maryland policy that puts that cost where it belongs, writes Emily Scarr, on the utilities, which now earn $3 from existing ...
marylandmatters.org
September 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Natural gas customers will save $1 billion over the next decade under a new Maryland policy that puts that cost where it belongs, writes Emily Scarr, on the utilities, which now earn $3 from existing ratepayers for every $1 spent hooking up new homes.
marylandmatters.org/2025/09/27/a...
marylandmatters.org/2025/09/27/a...
PJM “is stifling the development of clean energy, setting the rules for the capacity market, forcing energy prices up and continuing to marginalize the voice of the very states it serves,” writes Paul Pinsky
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/20/p...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/20/p...
Maryland deserves a voice when it comes to our energy | GUEST COMMENTARY
Maryland’s regional grid operator is driving energy prices up, writes Paul G. Pinsky, and the state has little say.
www.baltimoresun.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
PJM “is stifling the development of clean energy, setting the rules for the capacity market, forcing energy prices up and continuing to marginalize the voice of the very states it serves,” writes Paul Pinsky
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/20/p...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/20/p...
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“Why should residential customers be responsible for costs being driven by some of the biggest and wealthiest corporations in the world?" "PJM policies have restricted supply, with a backlogged queue for energy projects, many of them renewable"
Advocates: Energy auction shows data center influence, grid operator's deficits - Maryland Matters
The auction by multistate power grid operator PJM will cause most Marylanders’ monthly electric bills to go up $2 to $5 next summer on top of other costs -- a "death by a thousand cuts" that points up...
marylandmatters.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Why should residential customers be responsible for costs being driven by some of the biggest and wealthiest corporations in the world?" "PJM policies have restricted supply, with a backlogged queue for energy projects, many of them renewable"
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“Maryland is power hungry and you’re paying the price on your utility bill,” writes @briaovers.bsky.social.
Huge batteries are a potential solution. But projects to build them have mostly stalled and run out of juice. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/clea...
Huge batteries are a potential solution. But projects to build them have mostly stalled and run out of juice. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/clea...
Maryland is struggling to land clean energy batteries
Ultility-size clean energy storage batteries could save Maryland ratepayers big money, but projects have stalled partly because the region’s grid operator has been overwhelmed with project requests.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Maryland is power hungry and you’re paying the price on your utility bill,” writes @briaovers.bsky.social.
Huge batteries are a potential solution. But projects to build them have mostly stalled and run out of juice. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/clea...
Huge batteries are a potential solution. But projects to build them have mostly stalled and run out of juice. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/clea...
Curious about PJMs electricity rate auction this week? There’s a lot still being reviewed but here is a thread of some good reads.
July 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Curious about PJMs electricity rate auction this week? There’s a lot still being reviewed but here is a thread of some good reads.
I love this piece from @briaovers.bsky.social explaining the role and history of the MD PSC.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/mary...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/mary...
The little-known state agency greenlighting utility rate hikes
The Maryland Public Service Commission approves the proposed rate hikes on customers of BGE and other utility companies. Here’s how it works.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I love this piece from @briaovers.bsky.social explaining the role and history of the MD PSC.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/mary...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/mary...
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🚨 COMMENTS ARE DUE TOMORROW – July 23rd! 🚨
Sick of skyrocketing utility bills? Take action NOW to tell Maryland’s utility regulators to require gas pipeline spending to prioritize safety AND be cost effective to slow the increase of our utility bills: bit.ly/mdgassafety
@emilyscarr.bsky.social
Sick of skyrocketing utility bills? Take action NOW to tell Maryland’s utility regulators to require gas pipeline spending to prioritize safety AND be cost effective to slow the increase of our utility bills: bit.ly/mdgassafety
@emilyscarr.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚨 COMMENTS ARE DUE TOMORROW – July 23rd! 🚨
Sick of skyrocketing utility bills? Take action NOW to tell Maryland’s utility regulators to require gas pipeline spending to prioritize safety AND be cost effective to slow the increase of our utility bills: bit.ly/mdgassafety
@emilyscarr.bsky.social
Sick of skyrocketing utility bills? Take action NOW to tell Maryland’s utility regulators to require gas pipeline spending to prioritize safety AND be cost effective to slow the increase of our utility bills: bit.ly/mdgassafety
@emilyscarr.bsky.social
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PJM's attitude towards ratepayers and elected officials within its territory has been off-putting to say the least. I'm impressed with this op-ed by David Lapp at the Office of People's Counsel in MD, which I think makes the argument very persuasively:
www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo...
www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo...
PJM leadership openings are an opportunity to chart a new course
Rather than addressing the root causes of its problems, the organization blames states for supply and infrastructure shortages, often defending the very policies that are driving up customer costs.
www.utilitydive.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
PJM's attitude towards ratepayers and elected officials within its territory has been off-putting to say the least. I'm impressed with this op-ed by David Lapp at the Office of People's Counsel in MD, which I think makes the argument very persuasively:
www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo...
www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-ceo...
Gov. Wes Moore and a bipartisan coalition of other state executives urged the operator of Maryland’s electrical grid to select tenured leadership and to make policy changes to mitigate skyrocketing utility prices.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/18/g...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/18/g...
Gov. Wes Moore wants ‘distinguished’ board members for Maryland electric grid
Gov. Wes Moore and a bipartisan coalition of other state executives urged the operator of Maryland’s electrical grid to select tenured leadership and to make policy changes to mitigate skyrocketing…
www.baltimoresun.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Gov. Wes Moore and a bipartisan coalition of other state executives urged the operator of Maryland’s electrical grid to select tenured leadership and to make policy changes to mitigate skyrocketing utility prices.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/18/g...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/18/g...
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Surging data center demand and sluggish clean energy growth are converging as PJM, the largest power grid operator in the U.S., awaits capacity auction results. Customers across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest will be affected.
Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026 - Inside Climate News
Surging data center demand and sluggish clean energy growth are converging as PJM, the pivotal power grid operator, awaits capacity auction results.
insideclimatenews.org
July 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Surging data center demand and sluggish clean energy growth are converging as PJM, the largest power grid operator in the U.S., awaits capacity auction results. Customers across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest will be affected.
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🔥 CO just passed a hot new law.
Retailers now have to #PutALabelOnGas: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.”
Cooking dinner shouldn’t come with a side of benzene, asthma, nor air pollution— we deserve to know what’s in our homes: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...
Retailers now have to #PutALabelOnGas: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.”
Cooking dinner shouldn’t come with a side of benzene, asthma, nor air pollution— we deserve to know what’s in our homes: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...
July 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🔥 CO just passed a hot new law.
Retailers now have to #PutALabelOnGas: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.”
Cooking dinner shouldn’t come with a side of benzene, asthma, nor air pollution— we deserve to know what’s in our homes: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...
Retailers now have to #PutALabelOnGas: “Understand the air quality implications of having an indoor gas stove.”
Cooking dinner shouldn’t come with a side of benzene, asthma, nor air pollution— we deserve to know what’s in our homes: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1...
A little reminder that BGE hazardous gas leaks have increased over the last decade.
www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/27/s...
www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/27/s...
BGE has four times as many hazardous gas leaks as its peers, Sun analysis shows
Even as consumers pay ever higher rates for BGE to improve its infrastructure, the number of pipes leaking hazardous gas has risen to levels much higher than similarly sized utility companies.
www.baltimoresun.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A little reminder that BGE hazardous gas leaks have increased over the last decade.
www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/27/s...
www.baltimoresun.com/2024/09/27/s...
“Developers have an incentive to think big. Utilities have a huge incentive to think big,” explains People’s Counsel David Lapp in this story on development and utility capital spending.
What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill
What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill
Baltimore Gas and Electric still believes that the Baltimore Peninsula will one day become a pulsating metropolis.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Developers have an incentive to think big. Utilities have a huge incentive to think big,” explains People’s Counsel David Lapp in this story on development and utility capital spending.
“Those who point to (electricity) imports as evidencing a reliability issue also fail to grasp — or intentionally misrepresent — that average import levels don’t matter,” explains Maryland OPC
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/07/m...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/07/m...
Maryland shouldn’t be on the hook for out-of-state data centers | GUEST COMMENTARY
Marylanders are forced to pay for rising electricity demand from out-of-state data centers writes Maryland People’s Counsel David S. Lapp.
www.baltimoresun.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“Those who point to (electricity) imports as evidencing a reliability issue also fail to grasp — or intentionally misrepresent — that average import levels don’t matter,” explains Maryland OPC
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/07/m...
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/07/m...
The group, led by @zekecohen.bsky.social
gathered outside BGE headquarters and pressed the Maryland Public Service Commission to bring an end to multiyear rate cases, which let utilities apply for several years of rate increases at a time.
marylandmatters.org/2025/07/04/b...
gathered outside BGE headquarters and pressed the Maryland Public Service Commission to bring an end to multiyear rate cases, which let utilities apply for several years of rate increases at a time.
marylandmatters.org/2025/07/04/b...
Baltimore officials push for more action to lower energy bills - Maryland Matters
Lawmakers spent countless hours on energy reform this session, and emerged with a package of bills aimed at lowering customer costs, but bills are still rising, so a group of Baltimore policymakers an...
marylandmatters.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The group, led by @zekecohen.bsky.social
gathered outside BGE headquarters and pressed the Maryland Public Service Commission to bring an end to multiyear rate cases, which let utilities apply for several years of rate increases at a time.
marylandmatters.org/2025/07/04/b...
gathered outside BGE headquarters and pressed the Maryland Public Service Commission to bring an end to multiyear rate cases, which let utilities apply for several years of rate increases at a time.
marylandmatters.org/2025/07/04/b...
Today I joined @zekecohen.bsky.social to deliver petitions to BGE and the PSC
asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.
asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.
July 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today I joined @zekecohen.bsky.social to deliver petitions to BGE and the PSC
asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.
asking them to end BGE’s wasteful spending and stop the relentless rate hikes. Unfortunately BGE refused to accept the petitions.