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New MEA director warns PJM interconnection, offshore wind delays and federal funding shortfalls threaten near‑term rate relief
Summary
Maryland Energy Administration leaders told the Environment and Transportation Committee that federal funding holds and delays at PJM and in offshore wind will limit near‑term supply and may increase costs; MEA outlined grant programs and regulatory steps to blunt impacts.
Kelly Speaks Backman, the newly installed director of the Maryland Energy Administration, told the Environment and Transportation Committee that the state faces a convergence of factors likely to keep energy costs elevated in the near term: withheld federal funds, delays on offshore wind projects and a clogged PJM interconnection queue that has limited clean generation coming online.
"This is going to hinder Maryland from reaching some of our energy and environmental goals," Speaks Backman said, describing federal delays that left an estimated $137,000,000 withheld and another roughly $62,000,000 in solar funds that the state will not receive as originally anticipated. MEA officials said the Strategic…
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