text:  They created the People's Council. Now, he is responsible for looking out for the ratepayers to make sure that the gas and electric companies, the power companies, play fair. Well, he has been outspoken in the past two weeks in a number of articles. He is saying that the big power companies like Baltimore Gas and Electric are cheating on us. They're running up the bills. The bill is 80% higher than it was four years ago.