Finally, a dose of common sense from a Maryland court in the swirl of hysterical hype and fear-mongering by environmental groups over the proposed liquid natural gas export project at Cove Point in Southern Maryland.
Read MoreThe Senate on Wednesday shot down a bill to compel the Public Service Commission to approve a $2 monthly surcharge for customers of Washington Gas Light that was rejected in November. The bill was reconsidered Wednesday after it was voted down 22-23 Tuesday, picking up another no vote in the second tally.
Read MoreSen. E.J. Pipkin made an unsuccessful plea on the Senate floor Friday to reject two Public Service Commission nominees who lobbied for Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind proposals last year.
Read MoreA law intended to strengthen the state’s renewable energy program has been turned on its head by a working group of the Public Service Commission, said Sen. Paul Pinsky, the legislation’s sponsor. The Prince George’s County Democrat is angry about it and so are environmentalists and solar power users.
“Our intent was very clear,” Pinsky said. “We wanted to promote renewable energy. And to allow someone to stand in our way, it is shameless.”
Read MoreThough there’s still support for electric re-regulation among Maryland lawmakers and in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration, it appears unlikely that any new proposal can move forward next year unless a key House committee changes its leanings on the issue.
O’Malley and some members of the Senate said Wednesday that they continue to support a more heavily-regulated market, in which the Public Service Commission would have additional control over the development and sale of electric supply in Maryland, but O’Malley conceded the legislature is likely not ready to pass such a change.
Read MoreThe Public Service Commission’s staff has expressed strong reservations about Constellation Energy’s $4.5 billion deal to sell nearly half of its nuclear generating business to the French firm Electricite de France, though it says the regulatory panel can set conditions that would make it acceptable.
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