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I’ve been taken to task for not being sufficiently supportive of the state’s greenhouse gas reduction program and expressing only lukewarm enthusiasm for the 640 mw gas-fired power plant proposed for Charles County. I guess I should explain. The state is so excited they have talked about giving the new plant an exemption from the [...] State Senator Andy Harris, concerned about rising gas prices, has suggested that Governor O’Malley call a special session of the General Assembly for the sole purpose of repealing the state gas tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. While his proposal has obvious political appeal, particularly to those short-sighted enough not to be able to [...] There have been a few items in the news in the past week or so about Maryland energy issues. I thought I’d go over them quickly. First, the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) has signed a contract with Comverge to provide 75 megwatts of ‘Virtual Peaking Capacity’. Basically, this is a demand response system which [...] I’ve written a lot about the electricity supply problems in Maryland (and I’ll write more) but there’s a problem with another kind of energy that is affecting us all. The photo above was taken in June of 1941, a few months before Pearl Harbor and the entrance of the United States into World War II. [...] The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released new crabbing rules for 2008. In response to comments received on their original proposals, these rules are somewhat less restrictive. They still could have a significant impact on Maryland watermen, particularly those on the Lower Shore. There are three main elements to the proposed new regulations: [...] No, the Manet painting has nothing to do with today’s post, I just like it. I just wanted to catch up on a couple of items. CRABS I think what the two Governors agreed upon was a sensible approach to trying to preserve the crab fishery in the medium term. To do so in the long [...] The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has released proposed new restrictions on crab harvests that are designed to help restore the crab fishery to its former size. The move comes after several years of declining harvests and signs that the crab population of the Bay has fallen sharply. The proposals sharply reduce the allowable catch [...] The O’Malley administration was pretty succesful in getting its energy legislation through the General Assembly. Of course the bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent over the next twelve years failed, but that was really just grandstanding. It would have had no measurable effect on the amount of global warming gases in [...] This is the first of a series of posts that will examine the results of the recently completed Maryland General Assembly session. There was not a lot of activity in the criminal justice area in this session. The major piece of legislation – to allow DNA samples to be taken from those accused of [...] I’ve written before about the inadequate plan offered by the Maryland Energy Administration and the O’Malley administration to solve Maryland’s energy problems. In the face of inadequate generating facilities (in 2006 we consumed about 63 million megawatt hours (MWH) but produced only 49 million), and inadequate transmission facilities to bring electricity in from other [...] |
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