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Maryland officials say the nation's first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling and service station for electric vehicles has opened in the state.
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Read More »Md. energy policy director named as consolidation review begins
Maryland’s lead agency on energy policy has a new director just one day after the organization’s former director departed for a new job within state government. The appointment of Mary Beth Tung, the former deputy secretary of the Maryland Department ...
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Read More »Hogan’s energy policy leader moved to Department of General Services
A. Leigh Williams, the director Maryland Energy Administration, is changing roles less than a year after Gov. Larry Hogan appointed her to lead the agency tasked with setting policy on reducing energy consumption in the state.
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Read More »Energy efficiency webinars for Md. manufacturers in BGE area set
The Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland will hold free, 20-minute webinars on ways to save electricity and funding incentives available to companies in the area served by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Topics of the webinars include BGE and Maryland ...
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Read More »New wind energy funding plan launched
The Maryland Energy Administration announced a new grant program aimed at supporting Maryland companies that seek to enter the offshore wind industry.
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Read More »MEA expands ‘Fuel Up’ grant program
The Maryland Energy Administration announced it has expanded its “Fuel Up Maryland” service station grant program, which provides grants to service stations to install back-up power sources, such as generators, to counter the effect of major power outages due to weather emergencies.
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Read More »O’Malley to swear in transportation secretary
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is swearing in a new transportation secretary. Jim Smith, the former Baltimore County executive, will be sworn in at a ceremony in Annapolis on Tuesday. The position had been vacant since Beverley Swaim-Staley resigned a ...
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Read More »Energy adviser named head of Md. Energy Administration
ANNAPOLIS — Abigail Ross Hopper, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s energy adviser since 2010, has been named Director of the Maryland Energy Administration. O’Malley announced the appointed on Wednesday. Hopper has been acting director of MEA since last year, and will continue ...
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Read More »Second round of energy grants available
The Maryland Energy Administration announced the second round of funding for its "Game Changer Competitive Grant Program," a program created to provide cost-sharing grants for innovative clean energy generation technologies and market strategies in Maryland.
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Read More »State panel approves offshore wind farm land survey
The Board of Public Works on Wednesday unanimously approved a contract that will allow the state to survey land ten miles off the coast of Ocean City for use as an offshore wind farm.
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