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Maryland lawmakers reject RPS expansion, clean energy proposals

Utility Dive: Maryland's quest to increase renewable energy on its grid appears stymied by lawmakers. According to the Baltimore Sun, delegates to the General Assembly worried ratepayer bills would rise should the state shift more toward renewable energy.

Both bills were backed by environmental groups. And even those groups were split on their support. A representative for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network told Utility Dive that the more ambitious bill of the two, the Clean Energy and Equity Act, was not as politically achievable as the other measure. She noted that states tended to overshoot their RPS targets, making it likely that Maryland would head toward 100% renewable energy even without passing a measure to do so.

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