Maryland Gov. Wes Moore introduced the Decrease Payments and Native Energy Act (LBLPA) as a part of the Moore-Miller administration’s 2026 legislative agenda. The laws introduces measures to safe financing for native clear power initiatives, modernize the electrical grid and supply extra direct power invoice rebates to Maryland households.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at a press convention in January. Pat Siebert
“Power coverage is about greater than megawatts and transmission corridors — it’s about whether or not Maryland households can afford to reside of their houses,” Moore mentioned. “That’s why our administration is stepping as much as ship actual aid, specializing in driving down the price of utility payments for Marylanders, and investing in native initiatives that make power extra dependable and reasonably priced.”
LBLPA allocates practically $200 million from the state’s Strategic Power Funding Fund — which reinvests Different Compliance Funds from utilities — to handle rising power prices impacting Maryland households.
Roughly $100 million will likely be directed to Maryland households for utility invoice rebates. The rebates scheduled to begin this fall are along with the $200 million in direct electrical energy invoice rebates delivered by Moore and the Maryland Common Meeting by way of the Subsequent Technology Power Act.
To advertise native power technology, the laws establishes the Photo voltaic and Power Storage Hole Financing Program. This system will make investments $70 million to fund clear power initiatives. The funding will spur native clear power manufacturing.
“The Moore-Miller Administration is dedicated to shifting as shortly as doable to a extra reasonably priced, dependable, clear power system,” mentioned Kelly Speakes Backman, director of the Maryland Power Administration. “Gov. Moore’s laws launched at the moment, his finances and the manager order issued in December all goal at addressing rising power prices for working households, ensuring the lights keep on, and shifting us on a path to scrub power.”
To modernize Maryland’s transmission infrastructure, LBLPA makes utility corporations answerable for prioritizing superior transmission and grid-enhancing applied sciences when increasing grid capability. Utilities attempting to construct new transmission strains should submit plans to implement these applied sciences with out rising ratepayer prices earlier than receiving approval from the Maryland Public Service Fee.
LBLPA allocates $10 million for the Maryland Division of Transportation to establish alternatives for high-voltage transmission strains and battery storage initiatives alongside state and interstate highways. Through the use of present state-owned freeway right-of-way, Maryland can bypass advanced land acquisition and allowing processes.
“The Maryland Division of Transportation is a proud companion and supporter of the Moore-Miller Administration’s efforts to modernize the state’s power grid and decrease power prices,” mentioned Katie Thomson, appearing secretary of the Maryland Division of Transportation. “With Gov. Moore’s Decrease Payments and Native Energy Act, I look ahead to the continued collaboration with our state power companions, doing what the Division does finest—discovering sensible options that preserve Maryland shifting towards a extra reasonably priced, sustainable future.”
Along with signing the Constructing an Inexpensive and Dependable Power Future government order and delivering $200 million in power rebates, the governor invested greater than $130 million into clear power and modernization packages in 2025 alone, together with funding for county authorities power modernization and the Decarbonizing Public Faculties Program.
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