For the first time, low-income Marylanders will be able to receive a discounted electricity and gas rate from utilities — lowering their bills without the need for outside grants or refunds.
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DC Brings Curbside EV Charging Stations to Each Ward in Push to Make Them More Accessible
WTOP News
Curbside electric-vehicle charging stations will be available in each ward across D.C., as part of a new pilot program to make the chargers more accessible.
Virginia Legislators Cast a Wide Net on Energy, Hoping to Land More Capacity
Virginia Mercury
Two themes have emerged in the first half of the General Assembly session this year. First, legislators have no intention of stopping the data center boom, even temporarily. And second, their preference for dealing with the skyrocketing energy demand is to piece together a lot of small and medium-sized initiatives in hopes they all add up to enough to meet the moment. If it doesn’t work, that’s a problem for next year.
Prince George’s Democrat Introduces Bill Allowing Utilities to Build Energy Projects
Maryland Matters
Sen. Kevin Harris is not sure his bill allowing investor-owned utilities to get back in the business of generating power — and using ratepayer dollars to do so — is the answer to high energy prices and constrained demand in the state.
Bill Would Put More Energy Costs on Data Centers, Slash Residential Customers’ Rates
Virginia Mercury
Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, on Monday introduced an amendment to her Senate Bill 253, which would levy more energy costs onto data centers served by Dominion Energy and less on residential customers, a move the utility, state regulators and lawmakers say would immediately drop residential bills by about $5.50 per month.
National and International News
Climate Leaders Condemn Trump EPA’s Biggest Rollback Yet: ‘This is Corruption’
The Guardian
Climate leaders gathered outside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on Wednesday to condemn the Trump administration’s plans to repeal the legal finding underpinning all federal climate regulations, and promised to fight against the rollback.
Scientists Thought They Understood Global Warming. Then the Past Three Years Happened.
Washington Post
For about 40 years — from 1970 to 2010 — global warming proceeded at a fairly steady rate. As humans continued to pump massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the world warmed at about 0.19 degrees Celsius per decade, or around 0.34 degrees Fahrenheit.
Data Centers are Scrambling to Power the AI Boom With Natural Gas
Grist
Boom Supersonic wants to build the world’s first commercial supersonic airliner. Founded in 2014, the company set out to make air travel dramatically faster — up to twice the speed of today’s passenger jets — while also aiming for a smaller environmental footprint. For years, Boom has focused on developing the high-performance engine technology needed to sustain supersonic flight.
Electrification is Outpacing Investment. A Federal Trust Fund Could Close the Gap.
Utility Dive
A new era of electrification — powered by data centers, electric vehicles and ambitious climate goals — is testing the limits of our energy system to a degree not seen in decades. Over the next 10 years, the U.S. energy system is facing a $578 billion shortfall in investment.
Trump Orders the Pentagon to Buy More Coal-Fired Electricity
New York Times
President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to start buying more electricity from coal-burning power plants as part of his efforts to revive the declining coal industry.