Maryland Public Service Comm. Kills Free Speech for Gas Utility
If you’re a natural gas utility company operating in the People’s Republic of Maryland (a non-free state), your right to free speech just ended. The Washington Gas Light Company, now known as WGL Holdings, is a utility company that provides natural gas service to customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, dating back to 1848. Essentially, the company services the D.C. swamp and surrounding counties (see the map). In 2021, WGL had the temerity to send an advertising flier to customers claiming that natural gas is “clean energy” and that using gas instead of all-electric would save “acres of trees.” The high and mighty of the Maryland Public Service Commission ruled last Thursday that WGL misled its customers and is not allowed to say such things. Free speech just died in the so-called “Free State.” (There’s a bit of irony for you.) Read More “Maryland Public Service Comm. Kills Free Speech for Gas Utility”
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