Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills for the development of small solar projects and energy storage that had won bipartisan votes and support from Dominion Energy, environmental groups and farm and forestry representatives. See the full story in Inside Climate News. More DMV News Ben... Read More
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, the state’s consumer watchdog, has filed two major complaints against the regional power grid operator. It argues that its market and infrastructure planning rules systematically overcharge Maryland electricity customers to subsidize services and infrastructure benefiting other states—particularly Virginia. See... Read More
Montgomery Parks is expanding its solar initiative, with a goal of doubling the park system’s solar energy production over the next five years. See the full story at Mocoshow. More DMV News Maryland’s Climate Ambitions in Question After Turbulent Legislative Session Inside Climate News Environmental... Read More
More than 100 property owners in Central Maryland have refused to let power company PSEG onto their land to survey for the proposed Piedmont power line project, the company said in a legal filing Tuesday. See the full story at Maryland Matters. More DMV News... Read More
Current estimates say data centers are responsible for about 2% of the U.S.’ energy demand, but Anthony DeOrsey, a research manager at sustainable energy research firm Cleantech group, projects data centers will be about 10% of demand by 2027. See the full story at the... Read More
The Senate Tuesday passed a package of energy reform bills that would set in motion a variety of electricity generation projects — from solar to nuclear to natural gas — start long-term energy-supply planning efforts and give ratepayers a slight rebate. See the full story... Read More
Two years ago, Maryland began a years-long effort to phase out sales of gas-powered vehicles, part of its fight against climate change. Now it might become the first state in a national coalition to ease the pressure on car companies to electrify. See the full story in... Read More
It’s all eyes on Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin now to take action on a number of bills aimed at increasing renewable energy development in the state and utility customer savings. See the full story at Inside Climate News. More DMV News Maryland Lawmakers Show... Read More
A judge in Floyd County Circuit Court ruled from the bench last week that Virginia does not need to return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the carbon market known as RGGI, as the state appeals a November decision by the court saying the state must rejoin... Read More
In front of a joint hearing of House and Senate committees, Senate leadership lobbied for their bills aimed at lowering energy prices and increasing production in Maryland. The Next Generation Energy Act outlines the state’s support for maintaining and opening new nuclear power plants. See... Read More