In 2020, about 25 percent of Maryland’s so-called “clean energy” under the state’s Tier 1 Renewable Portfolio Standard came from dirty sources, such as municipal solid waste burned to produce electricity and woody biomass or debris burned in power plants and paper mills.
“Maryland needs to clean up its renewable energy program,” says PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse, observing that between 2008 and 2030, Maryland ratepayers will spend about a half-billion dollars subsidizing dirty energy sources under the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, RPS.
“Even worse, these phony renewable credits are a double whammy on the environment since they enable energy providers to use more coal gas by purchasing dirty energy credits, thereby subsidizing additional energy sources that pollute our air and water,” Whitehouse explained.
