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Maryland Electric Deregulation is the result of a Bill passed in 1999 by the Maryland General Assembly. This bill changed the entire face of the Maryland utility industry. In 1999, the Maryland General Assembly, under pressure from state manufacturers, enacted legislation that would cause the electric industry in Maryland to become deregulated.
Because of the age of the power plant units, and the need to maintain the plant's capabilities to ensure reliability of the regional power grid, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) had exempted the plant from compliance with a state law, the Healthy Air Act, which sets stringent air pollution limits for sulfur oxide and NOx. [5]
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Maryland, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Maryland had a total summer capacity of 11,908 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,139 GWh. [ 2 ]
The Chalk Point Generating Station is an electricity-generating plant, comprising oil and natural gas fired units, owned by NRG Energy, located near the town of Eagle Harbor, Maryland, United States, on the Patuxent River. Plant operator GenOn Energy Holdings closed the two coal-fired units at the plant in June 2021. [1]
Warrior Run Generating Station, owned by the AES Corporation, was a 205 megawatt cogeneration plant located south of Cumberland, Maryland, United States, at 11600 Mexico Farms Road. In addition to electric power, the plant also produced food-grade carbon dioxide.
Some concerns about nuclear power are valid, but what they fail to recognize is that nuclear technology has made huge strides in the last 50 years, writes George Hamilton, that overcome many of ...
[1] [2] Talen Energy will convert the coal-fired units to alternative fuels by 2025. [3] The station shares a 483-acre (195 ha) site adjacent to the Patapsco River with the Brandon Shores Generating Station. The Brandon Shores plant dominates the site with its 700-foot (210 m) exhaust and 400-foot (120 m) flue-gas desulfurization system stacks.
The Maryland Legislature is considering an online data privacy law. If enacted, the state would become one of over a dozen states with such a law. Maryland Legislature considers online privacy bill.