21 Quotes by Tyson Slocum

The state thought it would be a great idea. It no longer protected consumers.

Oil companies are exploiting a tight supply-demand situation. They are piling on, making a bad situation worse.

You wouldn't want that person on the commission at all.

This is pure window-dressing, so the administration can get some new stories out there without offering any solutions that will offend (the Republican party's) biggest contributor -- the oil industry.

They transferred their coal plants to Constellation, so they are no longer regulated by the state of Maryland. It's the primary cause of the rate hike.

...Almost playing a poker game with crude oil prices, making a series of bets about where prices are going to be going. That speculation is really what is driving prices up.

There's a lot of geographic concentration of power. All these folks are from Texas -- a big energy-producing state. It shows where the influence is.

It shouldn't be a place where political favors are granted.

Noble has made a billion dollars in profits since 2000, but it doesn't pay its fair share in taxes. Taxpayers are being gouged at both ends of this deal. Noble is getting rich off high energy prices, while the Department of Energy is giving away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars in the form of an unnecessary grant.