BY JESSICA BABB
FOX 45 NEWS
FEBRUARY 19, 2026
Lawmakers in the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee heard numerous energy-related bill Thursday.
Those bills were related to data centers, transmission lines, expanding solar energy, doing on a deep dive on energy costs, modifying energy mandates for older buildings, studying the future of Maryland’s involvement in the PJM region, and withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle proposed various solutions to try and lower energy costs for consumers.
“We have an obligation to really make sure we know full cost and the benefits to our rate payers before we start, you know, continue to spend billions of dollars on on these projects,” Senator Mary Beth Carozza said in related to her bill about understanding energy costs.
Senator Shelly Hettleman proposed a bill that would study the possibility of withdrawing from the PJM region. This as lawmakers have voiced frustration with capacity auction prices, which have led to a sharp rise in energy prices, as well PJM’s timeline for getting new projects built and connected to the grid.
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