Pending Base rate case, docket Case No. 9904 before the Maryland Public Service Commission.
5.3% of the average Maryland bill of $166 (EIA, 2024); your own bill scales with your usage. Our arithmetic, not the utility's figure; the methodology page shows how.
Next comes a hearing, then a decision from the Maryland Public Service Commission. Many states give the commission a deadline of roughly seven to eleven months from filing. How rate cases work.
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Potomac Edison, a FirstEnergy subsidiary, filed a new rate request with the Maryland Public Service Commission on September 4, 2026, now docketed as Case No. 9904, seeking 52.8 million dollars a year, about 5.3 percent more for a typical residential customer, to pay for grid reliability and modernization work including substation replacement, reconductoring and vegetation management. A virtual pre-hearing conference is scheduled for October 9, 2026, with petitions to intervene due October 7, 2026; no decision has been made.
What it means for your bill: If approved as filed, this would add roughly 5.3 percent to a typical Potomac Edison Maryland bill; nothing has been decided yet.
Would add about $9 a month on a typical bill. 5.3% of the average Maryland bill of $166 (EIA, 2024); your own bill scales with your usage.
Not yet set. That is decided along with the case, usually as part of the commission's final order.
It was held on October 9, 2026.
Comments can be filed through the Maryland Public Service Commission's website citing Case No. 9904; a virtual pre-hearing conference is set for October 9, 2026, and petitions to intervene are due October 7, 2026. Comment page.
Comments can be filed through the Maryland Public Service Commission's website citing Case No. 9904; a virtual pre-hearing conference is set for October 9, 2026, and petitions to intervene are due October 7, 2026. Comment page. Office of People's Counsel represents households in this case.
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