Maryland Nuclear Energy Intervention Victory

Victory! Last week a Baltimore Circuit Court struck down Constellation Energy's appeal to overturn the Public Service Commission's (PSC) decision to regulate the $4.5 Billion deal between Constellation and its nuclear development partner, Electricite de France (EdF).

Here's how your activism helped:

Prior to the Public Service Commission's decision to regulate the Constellation/EdF deal, the Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition delivered 650 petition signatures to the PSC urging the commission to examine the effects of the deal on Constellation subsidiary Baltimore Gas and Electric (BG&E) and Maryland ratepayers. We also delivered a copy of the petition signatures to the Attorney General's Office to let him know the public's interest in this deal.

The real purpose of this deal is to support the expansion of nuclear power at Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. If the deal goes through, Constellation Energy will be dominated by and beholden to French government agencies that care little about the needs of Maryland.

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
and Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition