Maryland leaders begin work on new data center regulations with statewide moratorium on the table

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "At the core of the entire conference and conversation was how do we get a mandatory statewide pause on these new data center permits so that we can have the time to take a breath and figure out what do we want to do in terms of making these things 100% clean energy powered?
58% : Those guidelines include data centers bringing their own clean generation and how the energy-intensive entities meet state clean energy and emissions commitments.
57% : If a data center brings its own clean energy equal to 80% to 100% of its peak demand, it will be able to jump to the front of the line of data centers being considered for interconnection to the regional grid and be given certain application processing guarantees.
55% : State and local leaders and climate advocates gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center on Saturday to discuss the next steps for data center regulation in Maryland, and a statewide moratorium is up for debate.
55% : " In addition to legislation proposing a statewide moratorium and "bring your own generation" requirements, Charkoudian says all kinds of bills related to data center regulation will be on the table next year.

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