Maryland’s CRE Bill: SB 26

We testified on behalf of Maryland State Senator McKay’s CRE bill. “Maryland has a pressing concern about rising electricity prices, reasons to worry about the future reliability of the grid, and a desire for continued economic growth.  SB 26 will help with all three.  The bill creates a new type of provider, the “off-grid electricity provider”—meaning a facility that does not interconnect with Maryland’s electric system. Since these new providers are off-grid, they can’t impose costs or reliability risks on the existing system or its ratepayers.  Since they can’t impact the existing system, they don’t need utility regulation.  Since they don’t need utility regulation, they will be able to develop new projects faster, attracting some of the new loads from the existing system, thereby reducing cost and reliability pressures.  And since they can move faster, they can attract new businesses interested in speed.”

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0026?ys=2026rs