The letter is about the failure of a regulated gas company in MD (WGL) to comply with state law regarding gas infrastructure replacement, Next Generation Energy Act (modifies the STRIDE law), to prioritize safety and demonstrate cost effectiveness, including repair of gas lines over replacement. Marylanders are overpaying for gas because of industry abuses that gold plate gas line replacement and fail to consider safety and cost effectiveness. The old practice has been to replace gas lines without being required to proved the safety need and consideration of less costly repair and non-pipeline alternatives (such as electrification). Low-income Marylanders are facing unaffordable gas bills and the failure to comply with the NGEA will increase bills unnecessarily.
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