With 2022 an election year for the state’s entire General Assembly, as well as the governor’s office, candidates are actively debating how to move to a clean energy grid and do it quickly. But what they need to talk about more is what a clean energy grid actually looks like.
In 2020, more than a third of Maryland’s “clean energy” dollars went to polluting energy sources, according to a report earlier this year by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
Setting goals for 100% clean energy is critical, but it must be married with appropriate definitions of what counts as “clean.” As the poultry industry vies for its share of public clean energy money, it is imperative that we close the definitional loopholes in Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard.
