Posts Tagged as ‘FERC’

February 10, 2010

Getting Real About Maryland’s Offshore Wind

A new report from the Abell Foundation details the potential of Maryland’s offshore wind resource to meet our state’s electricity needs: … Maryland’s feasible wind resource off of its Atlantic coast (including both state and federal waters) is large enough to significantly contribute to the electric demand in the state.  Using existing, proven technology (monopile; [...]

May 27, 2009

PJM Overcharges Rate-payers by $12 Billion

$12 billion is a lot of money. That’s how much PJM rate-payers will over pay during the next three years. Maryland’s share amounts to $2 billion. These over-charges result from the way that PJM administered its new, three-years-ahead capacity market, known as the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) during the transitional, phase-in period. PJM manages the [...]