Grid Optimization Comments Filed
Stakeholders filed comments, and utilities filed responses to questions, on MEA’s unified cost control and grid optimization regulatory strategy proposal filed on…
News Stories: Maryland
September 15, 2026
September 9, 2026
Comments Filed Re: PSC’s Energy Storage Working Group Report
On September 3-4, parties filed comments the Maryland Energy Storage Program Working Group (MESPWG). Office of Staff Counsel – “The Phase II Final Report represents…
August 24, 2026
PSC Issues Grid Modernization Status Report
On August 19, 2026 the Maryland PSC issued its 2026 phase III status report outlining progress toward integrating reliability and resilience into Electric System…
Retail Residential Market is Moribund in Maryland
The passage of Senate Bill 1 in 2024 that required both corporate and individual salesperson licensing and restricted the terms of sales contracts resulted in no…
August 19, 2026
PSC Preliminary Report Released Evaluating Alternative Generation Procurement Models
The Power Advisory LLC, filed the preliminary report for the Renewable Energy Certainty Act Generation Procurement Models Study (“Preliminary Report”). The Preliminary…
PSC Staff Files Clean Energy Advantage Pilot Evaluation
On August 14, 2026 Maryland PSC Staff filed 2026 Clean Energy Advantage (CEA) pilot evaluation. Among other things, Staff concluded that: (1) “Should CEA become a…
Status Updates on State DER Efforts
On August 14, 2026 the Maryland Work Group filed a timeline update for the Unified Benefit Cost Analysis (UBCA) framework Phase II for all Distributed Energy Resources…
Electric System Planning Work Group Meetings Scheduled
On August 17, 2026 a Maryland PSC Advisor filed an Electric System Planning Work Group (ESPWG) technical conference hearing agenda. On August 18, 2026 the Commission…
August 13, 2026
Staff and RESA Oppose OPC’s Request for Rehearing Re: Maintaining Confidentiality Of Supplier Usage
Most recently, Staff and RESA filed responses opposing OPC’s Request for Rehearing of the Office of People’s Counsel’s (“OPC”) request for rehearing of Order No. 92427…
August 10, 2026
Maryland Agency Asks FERC to Revisit Transmission Cost Allocation
The people’s counsel asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to fast track a complaint filed in May that asked for transmission expansion costs driven by…
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