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Starting this summer, Maryland residents will have the opportunity to choose their electricity
supplier; consumer choice also is coming to D.C. and Virginia. To help consumers navigate the
often-confusing world of electric power deregulation, the Advertising Department of The
Washington Post has produced this Issue Forum.

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The U.S. Government's Role
Setting the Rules
By Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson
Competition Coming this Summer for Maryland's Electricity Consumers
By Robert M. Higginbotham II, Public Information Officer, and Al Cappannelli, Media Consultant,
Maryland Public Service Commission
rhigginbotham@psc.state.md.us
A LOOK AHEAD:
The Utility Industry of Tomorrow
By Barry Abramson, C.F.A., Senior Utility Analyst, PaineWebber, Inc.
BAbramson@painewebber.com
How Local Electric Companies Are Responding:
Baltimore Gas and Electric
By Michael W. Delaney
Senior Public Information Representative, BGE
Michael.W.Delaney@bge.com
Pepco
By John M. Derrick, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Potomac Electric Power
Company
Virginia Power
By David Koogler, Customer Choice Project Manager, Virginia Power
THE LOCAL STORY: Virginia And The District
Virginia: The Advent of Energy Choice
By Kenneth J. Schrad
Director, Division of Information Resources
Virginia State Corporation Commission
KSchrad@scc.state.va.us
D.C.:Restructuring Brings Lower Rates
by Edward M. Meyers, Acting Chair D.C. Public Service Commission
edmeyers@dcpsc.com
What Electric Competition in Maryland Means to You
By Michael J. Travieso, People's Counsel
Maryland Office of People's Counsel
MikeT@OPC.STATE.MD.US
OVERVIEW: What's Changing And Why
By Rebecca McNerney, Electric Power Industry Specialist Energy Information Administration
Rebecca.McNerney@eia.doe.gov
Power Perspectives:
The Downside of Deregulation
By Charlie Higley, Research Director
Public Citizen
HIGLEY@citizen.org
Deregulation And The Environment
Environmentally Friendly Power: Getting the Facts
By Hardy Myers,
Oregon Attorney General
Making the Clean Power Choice
By Dirk Forrister,
Energy Program Director
Environmental Defense
Dirk_Forrister@edf.org
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