Scrutiny on utility charges for transmission construction comes as state lawmakers from around the country, led by a Md. legislator, press federal regulators to allow more renewable energy onto the grid.
The plan is likely to result in legislation that will be debated in the 2024 General Assembly session and possibly beyond.
If it took a few moments for the county officials, state bureaucrats and environmental leaders in attendance to adjust to what they were witnessing, it was understandable.
State will hold seven public meetings on its climate plan, beginning with a town hall next Tuesday evening at Bowie State University.
Top environmentalist says the 2023 session ‘marked a new day for Maryland,’ with strong environmental leaders in the governor’s office and in key positions in the legislature.
Wind turbines in federal waters off the coast of Ocean City are still a few years away.
At industry conference in Baltimore, Moore endorses key provisions of wind power legislation and vows to make Maryland ‘the offshore wind capital of America.’
Is it transparency or an attempt to stifle frank conversations about energy policy? Grid operator’s priorities can be at odds with state climate goals.
Invoking rhetoric of the left, Rep. Andy Harris tells a room of wind turbine foes: ‘This is what democracy looks like.’
Some bills have either received committee approval, or are still sitting there awaiting a decision.