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Industry brief to committee: solar and storage as fastest route to ease Maryland power costs; transmission and PJM rules slow deployment
Summary
Trade groups told the Environment and Transportation Committee that solar plus battery storage is the quickest, lowest‑cost way to reduce peak-driven electricity costs in Maryland, but developers face permitting, interconnection, transmission and federal policy barriers that state bills aim to address.
Representatives of the Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association, the Mid‑Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition and SEIA told the House Environment and Transportation Committee on Jan. 28 that accelerating deployment of solar and battery storage is the most cost‑effective near‑term strategy to blunt rising retail electricity costs in Maryland.
Panelists pointed to regional wholesale dynamics in PJM — including rising capacity auction prices and renewed load growth driven by data centers and electrification — and said those trends are raising retail bills. Robin Dutta of the Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association highlighted how reducing peak load locally can lower capacity charges…
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