It is critical that Maryland has a reliable supply of electricity for the future

3 ways to meet the need:

• Transmission
  The fastest and most cost-efficient way to provide more electricity to Maryland customers and ensure its reliability will be providing additional transmission to ease the congested grid. Additional transmission capacity will help ensure that renewable energy will be able to reach our homes and businesses. And it will reinforce the system that delivers power from traditional sources outside of Maryland.
  
  
• Generation
  Currently 51 percent of electricity provided by Maryland’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection, is coal-fired, with nuclear energy supplying 33 percent. Renewable energy supplies less than 5 percent of the total energy distributed on the grid. Currently, only 4.5 percent of Maryland’s electricity comes from renewable sources, mostly hydroelectric.
  
  
• Conservation
  Maryland has established aggressive goals for conserving and reducing the demand for electricity. This is monitored by the Maryland Energy Administration and undertaken by utility companies, businesses and residential power customers under regulation by the Maryland Public Service Commission. EmPOWER Maryland, a legislative initiative enacted in 2008, mandates that electricity consumption in Maryland decrease by 15 percent by 2015.
  
  

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