Major Energy Electric User Must Arbitrate Consumer Claims

A Major Energy Electric Services LLC customer must arbitrate her proposed solicitation and rate-change class claims against the services provider at the Maryland Public Service Commission on an individual basis, a federal judge in Maryland has ruled.

Patricia Brito is bound by the individual arbitration clause in Major’s service contract and therefore may not pursue a class action in Maryland federal court, Judge Ellen L. Hollander said Jan. 8 for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Brito alleges that she spoke to a Major sales rep going door to door, but that she never consented to switch ...