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A coalition of attorneys general are demanding that the SEC require companies to disclose their GHG emissions annually, as well as any mitigation plans.

After more than a year of lockdowns and cancellations stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, a major energy conference will have in-person attendance early this summer. The Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC) announced last week that its 26th annual Education Conference will take place from June 27 to 30...

Nuclear accidents made Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima household words. But how many people know about Calvert Cliffs, which has been operating quietly on the Chesapeake Bay since the mid-1970s? Calvert Cliffs generates 1,756 MW of power, equal to 38% of Maryland’s needs and representing more than three-quarters of...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld FERC’s 2019 ruling that directed PJM to implement a new cost allocation method for transmission projects addressing stability issues (PSEG v. FERC, 19-1091). Public Service Electric and Gas and PPL Electric Utilities petitioned the court for review of several FERC orders concerning cost...

If 2019 was a turbulent year for PJM as it dealt with fallout from the GreenHat Energy default and the emergence of the minimum offer price rule (MOPR) issue, 2020 proved an even bigger challenge with a worldwide pandemic. COVID-19 was the defining problem of the year as PJM worked with...

The governors of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia said Thursday they will collaborate to promote their states as a hub for the offshore wind industry. The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Resources (SMART-POWER) will seek to increase regulatory certainty, encourage manufacturing of components, reduce project...

Placing solar arrays in urban areas would help Maryland reach its renewable portfolio standard while conserving productive farmland, according to a report issued Tuesday. The report, released by Chesapeake Conservancy’s Conservation Innovation Center (CIC), lays out large-scale opportunities for solar placement on degraded land and underutilized industrial sites; the rooftops...

The Maryland Public Service Commission on Thursday approved Skipjack Offshore Energy’s decision to use fewer, larger turbines in its offshore wind project, rejecting objections by Ocean City officials. The PSC awarded offshore wind renewable energy credits (ORECs) for the 120-MW Skipjack project and the 248-MW US Wind project in May...

The Maryland Public Service Commission last week approved a settlement allowing Transource Energy to move forward with its controversial Independence Energy Connection (IEC) transmission project. In its order issued June 30, the PSC said Transource can build the 4.5-mile western portion of the 230-kV overhead transmission line from Washington County,...