Bloomberg has finally woken up to the power bill crisis erupting across the Mid-Atlantic. The result is a toxic affordability crisis for households, and it is fast becoming a major flashpoint in the upcoming election cycle. But there's another cost-of-living issue that's gaining prominence in the collective political consciousness: what consumers pay to keep the lights on. And why do Maryland and surrounding states, such as New Jersey, face soaring power bills that threaten to derail Democrats? Democrats had to call up dark-money-funded NGOs to wage an information war against Marylanders to quell mounting dissent (read report).