The Maryland Senate, following the lead of the House, completed the expected veto override this afternoon, sending Gov. Larry Hogan a stunning rebuke and reflecting the will of the overwhelming pro-solar Maryland population.
Perhaps the federal legislature could take a lesson on how to do what their constituents want from the Maryland legislature.
The Maryland Senate, following the lead of the Maryland House on Tuesday, voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which passed overwhelmingly last spring before the governor nixed it.
In the wake of the stunning rebuke of Hogan, the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) rise 5% (from 20 to 25%) and one-half of a percent rise in the solar carve-out portion of the bill (which would rise to 2.5 percent from its current level of 2 percent) by 2020. The previous RPS required utilities to provide 20% of their power by 2022.