Maryland Week in Review: A Federal Suit Over Masks, 370-Plus New Laws and a Sphere Deal Stuck on Labor
MDBayNews Staff Many of Maryland's new laws take effect on Oct. 1. This year, one of them was in federal court before the...
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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...
What Maryland Actually Gets — and Gives Up — By Saying No to Data Centers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews National coverage of the data center backlash tends to run one of two ways: either data...
The Data Center Fight Isn’t Just Frederick’s Anymore — Here’s Where Maryland’s Counties Stand
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County's data center fight — a 2,600-acre zoning overlay, a referendum drive...
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...
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...
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,...
Data Center Debate Exposes a Rare Maryland Consensus — and Voter Unease
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis, MD — A heated hearing in Annapolis on House Bill 120 (HB 120) revealed something unusual in...
Maryland’s “Grid Upgrade” Gamble: Well-Meaning, But Misguided
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On January 27, Gov. Wes Moore announced the Lower Bills and Local Power Act, a new...
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...
Why Is Maryland Powering Virginia’s Data Centers Instead of Building a Smarter Grid?
By Michael Phillips The story is as maddening as it is predictable: Marylanders could end up paying $800 million to power...
Marylanders Could Face Blackouts This Summer — Thank the Green Agenda and Grid Mismanagement
Marylanders might want to invest in candles and battery packs this summer. PJM Interconnection—the regional power grid...