Drilling vs. Renewables - Md. Debate Over Energy Mirrors National Fight

Fracking is on hold and offshore wind legislation failed to pass.
By Ellen Stodola
April 13, 2012

ANNAPOLIS - Republicans and Democrats are at odds in the General Assembly over whether Maryland should pursue offshore wind or natural gas fracking as a way to improve the state's energy output.

Neither option has been approved, with offshore wind failing to pass in the General Assembly for the second year in a row, and fracking on hold while a commission studies environmental and health concerns.

The debate ultimately breaks down to many Republicans pushing for the cheaper, more immediate drilling solution, while many Democrats argue for the greener, more long-term answer to the question of what Maryland's energy future will look like.

It's a Maryland-sized version of the national battle, between those who favor "drill baby drill," mostly Republicans, and those who favor renewable energy sources, mostly Democrats.

More here.

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Energy company gives $250K to group headed by O'Malley

Exelon trying to buy BGE parent company

The energy company trying to buy the parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. gave $250,000 last quarter to the Democratic Governors Association, led by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, according to a report released Monday.

Made June 20, the contribution by Chicago's Exelon Corp. was the largest donation the governors group received in the first half of 2011, the organization's midyear Internal Revenue Service report indicated.

Exelon gave to the Democratic organization, whose current chairman is Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, because of its demonstrated support for "sound energy policy," said Exelon spokesman Paul Elsberg.

"Exelon's contribution supports the Democratic Governors Association's national energy policy symposium series taking place across the country," he said.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/08/energy-company-gives-250k-group-headed-omalley#ixzz1U4npPwCt

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Western Maryland wrestles with energy future

By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun

12:27 a.m. EST, December 13, 2010

While Maryland's energy future might lie in harnessing the breezes off Ocean City, the frontier for now is in the same place it's always been — in the mountains of Western Maryland — where the region's winds and coal and natural gas reserves are drawing prospectors.

That's unsettling to some environmentalists and Western Marylanders, who fear the impact of new and traditional energy development on the region's rich natural resources, its outdoors-oriented tourist industry and its rural quality of life.

Maryland's first two industrial-scale wind "plants" are on the verge of generating power atop the state's highest mountain in Garrett County. Though their construction stirred concerns over harming rare bats and disturbing forested vistas, a new string of them is being planned for another ridgetop.

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