energy

The Senate added some hefty amendments to the House’s version of the Utility RELIEF Act, and the House speaker and consumer advocates worry the changes will provide less relief for ratepayers.

The General Assembly’s landmark energy relief package is inching its way to the Senate floor, but not all climate advocates are happy about the energy program changes.

Monday marks a key deadline in the General Assembly for bills that want to become a law.

Lawmakers are racing to meet a significant deadline for priority bills, utilizing double-day and weekend sessions

The Maryland House speaker, Senate president and governor are all backing the Utility RELIEF Act to bring down energy bills, but House Republicans spent over three hours trying to adjust the legislation.

Reporter Adam Willis, who covers climate and the environment for the Baltimore Banner, joins us to discuss rising energy prices and what the governor and Maryland's Democratic lawmakers plan to do about them.

House lawmakers considered two bills that would foundationally change how utilities recover costs for infrastructure projects and would allow utilities to build their own generation.

State lawmakers were quick to question and seek alternatives to some of the governor’s major energy proposals as the two branches weigh how best to provide utility bill relief to Marylanders.

Maryland has been a member of the PJM Interconnection for seventy years, but state officials wonder if leaving the grid could help lower utility bills.