Sean Dobson

Nine years after the General Assembly voted to deregulate the electricity industry those members who remain in office and who voted in favor of the measure are still receiving much of their campaign contributions from the utility industry, a new report from the advocacy groups Progressive Maryland and Common Cause, finds.

“There are presently 88 members of the General Assembly who were in office when the energy deregulation bill was passed in 1999—65 of whom voted in favor of the legislation,” the report said. “Those who voted on that bill have received at least $280,000 combined in campaign contributions from the electric utility industry since 1998. Those who voted yes received 93 percent of that total.”