Jason Stanek, whom Gov. Larry Hogan appointed as chairman of the Public Service Commission in June, said even he has been shocked by an unexpected jump in his electricity rate. He recently noticed he was paying 70 percent more to an energy supplier than he would to Pepco, the utility that covers the Washington region, and switched to another company. He said he doesn’t see that as a policy problem, but rather an example of the competitive marketplace working as it’s meant to.