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Tag: Maryland energy

A Federal Court Just Admitted the Piedmont “Emergency” Might Be Fake. It Let PSEG Bulldoze Your Land Anyway.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Part of The New Land Wars series Charlotte Hetterick runs an organic farm in Carroll...

Michael Phillips
August 24, 2026

One in Five BGE Customers Is Behind on Utility Bills. Maryland’s Affordability Problem Is Getting Harder to Ignore.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s energy affordability problem is showing up in a number that should get...

Michael Phillips
August 19, 2026

The 2029 Promise: What Offshore Wind Boosters Aren’t Telling You

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Energy & Environment A pro-offshore-wind coalition has been showing up at Eastern...

Michael Phillips
August 17, 2026

At MACo, Cox Presses the Case Against Moore’s Record on Taxes, Energy, and the Key Bridge

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews OCEAN CITY — Dan Cox stood before Maryland's county officials Saturday and made a simple...

Michael Phillips
August 16, 2026

What Governor Moore’s $13.3 Billion Announcement Left Out

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore announced this week that the results of PJM's latest capacity auction "saved...

Michael Phillips
July 16, 2026

Paying Twice: The Federal Deal Costing Maryland Ratepayers Hundreds Of Millions For Two Anne Arundel Power Plants

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Every Baltimore Gas and Electric customer — 1.2 million households and businesses across...

Michael Phillips
July 12, 2026

Federal Dollars Restart Warrior Run — But Will Maryland Ratepayers Actually Benefit?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Trump announced Thursday that $85 million in federal funds will restart the...

Michael Phillips
June 5, 2026

Maryland’s Energy Reckoning: Democrats Built the System — Can Republicans Fix It?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland families are opening their electric bills with sticker shock. Monthly costs have...

Michael Phillips
March 3, 2026

Buried Infrastructure, Exploding Homes, and the Energy Blind Spot Maryland Won’t Fix

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When energy debates flare up in Maryland, they tend to center on climate targets, renewable...

Michael Phillips
February 19, 2026

A $57,000 Power Bill and a Warning for Maryland

By MDBayNews Staff When a third-generation local grocery store is staring at a nearly $58,000 monthly electric bill,...

Staff Writer
February 15, 2026

Opinion: Morgantown’s Sale to TeraWulf Should Signal Opportunity, Not Fear

By MDBayNews Staff The recent announcement that TeraWulf Inc. is moving forward with the acquisition of the former...

Michael Phillips
February 6, 2026

Rolling Blackouts by Another Name: Maryland’s Energy Reckoning Arrives

By MDBayNews Staff Marylanders are being gently introduced to an unpleasant reality: “load shedding” is just rolling...

Michael Phillips
January 27, 2026

Maryland’s Energy Crisis Wasn’t an Accident — It Was Legislated

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Marylanders are, in Senate President Bill Ferguson’s words, “reeling” from...

Michael Phillips
January 21, 2026

Maryland-Based Okovate Expands Agrivoltaics Footprint With AI Acquisition

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Maryland-based renewable energy developer is making a strategic move at the intersection...

Michael Phillips
January 8, 2026

Moore’s Energy Order: Serious Problem, Incremental Fixes, Big Questions Left Unanswered

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By any measure, Maryland’s energy situation has crossed from inconvenience into warning...

Michael Phillips
December 29, 2025

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