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Maryland House overrides governor Hogan's clean energy veto

PV Tech: In an 88-51 ruling, the Maryland House voted yesterday to override governor Larry Hogan’s veto of HB 1106, the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

If the bill also passes through the Senate, it will increase the state’s RPS to 25% by 2020, up from the current 20% by 2020. Maryland is one step closer to procuring an additional 250MW of solar energy under the bill, alongside an additional 1GW of renewable energy in the region.

“Not only will this legislation create thousands of good-paying green jobs, it will put the state on the road to meeting our renewable energy goals – a vision shared by both Democrats and Republicans across Maryland,” said senator Brian Feldman.

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