PJM doesn’t actually control utilities in the sense of owning them or telling them how to run their businesses. Instead, it acts as the air traffic controller for the electric grid across Maryland and 12 other states plus Washington, D.C. It coordinates the wholesale electricity system while utilities continue to own the wires and serve customers.
Barry, stop kissing up. It's not a good look. The fact is that most Marylanders are opposed to AI Data Centers but will support heritage tourism as an industry to bring far more jobs and revenue to Maryland. Visitors to Prince George's County, for example, bring approximately $860 million annual dollars to the county's economy, which accounts for around 10% of all jobs in the county. Most don't know that all of Prince George's County has been designated a heritage area (CR-038-2025) due to its phenomenal history and historic sites. Instead of Annapolis promoting AI Data Centers and writing its own legacy of causing the worst environmental impact in Maryland history, there are better choices than promoting an industry that has unprecedently raised electricity costs. Instead of Annapolis gaining kudos from those who want to kiss up and then claim it has fixed what it helped to create by promoting the industry that caused it, there is a better way. I like Governor Moore and call him Mr. Hollywood but at the same time know, as Former Mayor of the Town of Eagle Harbor in Prince George's County, which has a fossil fuel burning power plant in its backyard, that less politically connected and brown and black communities will bear the environmental impact of these massive data centers forced upon them. Instead, we can advertise and use Prince George's County's proximity to the nation's capital, the upcoming Sphere at National Harbor, and Southern Maryland National Heritage Area attractions (Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert County) to create one of the largest tourist destinations on the east coast and far more jobs and revenue than data centers.
Well It is about damn time Not sure the vehicle registration fees tell the same story but I do know Maryland is hemorrhaging productive earners and taxpayers
The entitlement spend stays the same or grows as the taxable base to support it dwindles
PJM doesn’t actually control utilities in the sense of owning them or telling them how to run their businesses. Instead, it acts as the air traffic controller for the electric grid across Maryland and 12 other states plus Washington, D.C. It coordinates the wholesale electricity system while utilities continue to own the wires and serve customers.
Barry, stop kissing up. It's not a good look. The fact is that most Marylanders are opposed to AI Data Centers but will support heritage tourism as an industry to bring far more jobs and revenue to Maryland. Visitors to Prince George's County, for example, bring approximately $860 million annual dollars to the county's economy, which accounts for around 10% of all jobs in the county. Most don't know that all of Prince George's County has been designated a heritage area (CR-038-2025) due to its phenomenal history and historic sites. Instead of Annapolis promoting AI Data Centers and writing its own legacy of causing the worst environmental impact in Maryland history, there are better choices than promoting an industry that has unprecedently raised electricity costs. Instead of Annapolis gaining kudos from those who want to kiss up and then claim it has fixed what it helped to create by promoting the industry that caused it, there is a better way. I like Governor Moore and call him Mr. Hollywood but at the same time know, as Former Mayor of the Town of Eagle Harbor in Prince George's County, which has a fossil fuel burning power plant in its backyard, that less politically connected and brown and black communities will bear the environmental impact of these massive data centers forced upon them. Instead, we can advertise and use Prince George's County's proximity to the nation's capital, the upcoming Sphere at National Harbor, and Southern Maryland National Heritage Area attractions (Charles, St. Mary's and Calvert County) to create one of the largest tourist destinations on the east coast and far more jobs and revenue than data centers.
Well It is about damn time Not sure the vehicle registration fees tell the same story but I do know Maryland is hemorrhaging productive earners and taxpayers
The entitlement spend stays the same or grows as the taxable base to support it dwindles
Without an off-ramp, we are NY bound
Where is Bill Clinton when you need him