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County briefed on state energy bills and data center proposals; staff flag transmission, costs and limited state restrictions
Summary
County environmental staff briefed the council on dozens of state energy bills and 10+ data center measures; they highlighted drivers of rising utility bills, potential bills allowing utilities to rate‑base new plants, and that most proposed data center restrictions appear unlikely to pass this session, while taxation and planning proposals may advance.
Garrett Fitzgerald of the Department of Environmental Protection and Brian Howard, the department's new state energy and climate policy manager, briefed the council on energy issues being debated in the Maryland General Assembly (SEG 531–541, 923–940). They identified multiple drivers of increasing utility bills — transmission costs, demand from new data centers, utility infrastructure spending, and PJM interconnection delays — and said…
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