Maryland's 2026 legislative session could show how states facing explosive demand growth can achieve their clean energy and affordability goals despite the Trump administration’s resistance to solar, wind and storage, according to Livewire columnist K Kaufmann.

Gov. Wes Moore issued an executive order calling for reforms to boost electricity supply and ensure affordability, which will be implemented in part by the new executive director at the Maryland Energy Administration, Kelly Speakes-Backman.

WIRES Group released a report looking into advanced transmission technologies and how they can help cost-effectively expand the transmission grid.

ACORE released a report arguing that transmission planners need to take advantage of advanced technologies and can do so as they implement FERC Order 1920.

Advanced transmission technologies can help utilities meet the rising levels of demand that are stressing the grid, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.