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Profits Before People: The Real Reason Maryland Power Bills Keep Rising
As Marylanders endure another hot summer, skyrocketing power bills have sparked understandable frustration. Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul Pinsky and BG&E Vice President Mark Case have both weighed in on what’s driving these costs. Both point to the same culprit, the competitive energy market, but the data tells a different story.
Read MoreCrackdown on septic systems, power outages are among sparse news in governor’s speech
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s pledge to crackdown on new septic systems was about the only real news in a State of the State address that comes as an anti-climax after his inaugural address, his budget roll-out and the introduction of his legislative agenda.
The pledge drew immediate praise from environmentalists and protest from rural lawmakers.
Read MoreSolar boost, other green measures become law
Maryland’s utilities will have to step up the amount of solar power in the mix of energy they sell to customers, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The change and other pro-environment measures were a focus of O’Malley’s scheduled bill signing. But the solar measures, which will push utilities to make solar power 2 percent of their energy mix by 2022, were especially controversial.
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