There were 71 lobbyists registered to represent the utilities’ interests in 2023, according to the report, led by Baltimore Gas and Electric and Pepco, which each used 22 lobbyists last year.
There is a unique opportunity to cement Maryland’s status as not only being bold and ambitious in its energy policy but being smart about it, too.
While environmental advocates have widely praised the Moore administration’s climate plan, they have become increasingly distressed over the lack of funding being immediately made available.
Lawmakers across the U.S., including in Md., seek to curb utility spending on politics, ads and more
‘These efforts and organizations often slow or prevent progress towards our clean energy goals,’ Del. Lorig Charkoudian (D-Montgomery) said in an email this week to her constituents.
Oil and business interests offer written testimony in opposition to the legislation but do not send anyone to testify at public hearing.
Colleges, nonprofit organizations and agencies will receive money for suicide prevention, family counseling and other services.
Bill decrees that when monopoly utilities spend money on activities completely unrelated to the delivery of energy services, that money comes from their profits, not their customer’s wallets.
Delegate’s bill on PJM has company this year — in the state Senate and in four other states.
While the legislation largely targets low-income communities, its impact would reach beyond those underserved neighborhoods.
Almost half of Maryland voters said climate change has directly impacted them.