Maryland

United’s Elizabeth Stears introduces United’s 2025 EV Ready Grid Guidebook. This new resource provides a blueprint for state leaders to invest in smart policy solutions that will prepare America’s grid to meet growing EV demand while protecting ratepayers from higher energy costs and strengthening reliability.

The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 regular session adjourned on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, closing out what many dubbed the “Energy Session.” United’s Katie Mettle covers key outcomes and missed opportunities from the 2025 Session, highlighting United’s role in advocating for advanced energy technologies to create a more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective path to meet the state’s energy needs.

While lawmakers advanced legislation on utility transparency and energy storage, the session brought mixed outcomes for clean energy policies.

At crossover in the Maryland General Assembly, Inside Climate News reports that lawmakers are backsliding on climate commitments and statutory obligations. United’s Ryan Gallentine spoke on behalf of the clean energy industry and criticized legislation that would delay enforcement of the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks standards, noting delayed enforcement creates a negative feedback loop.

The Maryland House Economic Matters Committee discussed the Affordable Grid Act (HB 1225/SB 908), and Advanced Energy United’s Katie Mettle testified as an industry expert to explain how the bill works and highlight why it’s a common-sense, proactive solution to rising energy costs and the state’s evolving energy needs.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next year, the drive to maintain America’s clean energy transition will rely heavily on the leadership of individual states. Inside Climate News interviews clean energy experts and advocates, including United’s Morgan Pinnell, who believe that Maryland is primed to lead the clean energy transition and spoke to the potential impacts a second Trump term could have on advanced energy solutions across the state.

In 2023, advanced energy employment nationwide increased by 4%, more than double the growth rate of the overall U.S. labor market. Advanced energy jobs surged from 2022 to 2023, with 4.1 million U.S. workers now working in the sector. Some of these gains were driven by the early impact of tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Renewable Energy World reports Maryland State Senator Ron Watson and five state delegates released a joint statement condemning the recent spikes in electricity prices within the PJM territory. The article cites United’s Generator Interconnection Scorecard, which assigned PJM with a “D-,” one of the worst scores across the nation, for its management of generation interconnection.

Today, Maryland State Senator Ron Watson and Maryland Delegates Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian, David Fraser-Hidalgo, and Natalie Ziegler released a joint statement on the skyrocketing electricity prices announced last week by Maryland’s electric grid operator, PJM.

In an opinion piece for The Baltimore Sun, United’s Shawn Kelly discusses the urgent need for Maryland to shift away from natural gas pipelines towards cleaner energy solutions to combat rising costs and climate change.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore solidified his stance as a leader in clean energy advocacy with the announcement of plans to bolster Maryland’s commitment to achieving 100% clean energy by 2035. United’s Nick Bibby and Shawn Kelly highlight both the benefits of Moore’s Executive Order, as well as the challenges that remain in developing robust electric and gas infrastructure plans to support Maryland’s electrification goals.

Power Grid International reports on Maryland’s new law requiring electric utility companies to allow vehicle-to-grid systems to interconnect to the state’s electric distribution network, quoting United’s Nick Bibby on the significance of the passing in the state’s effort to prepare its grid for electric vehicles.