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Maryland Sets Sail For Wind Power With Offshore Survey
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/06/25/maryland-sets-sail-for-wind-power-with-offshore-survey/Pat Warren reports an exploration is underway off the coast of Ocean City to scout out a location for a proposed wind farm.
There’s one thing Maryland gets plenty of.
“Wind is one of Maryland’s two most abundant natural resources,” said Governor Martin O’Malley. “The other one being the sun.”
Maryland’s first-of-its-kind wind farm proposal puts turbines off the coast of Ocean City to generate electricity and adds a surcharge to ratepayers once the wind farm is in operation.
“No consumer will pay even a penny more on their energy bill until such time as these turbines start running,” O’Malley promised when the General Assembly passed the bill.
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> and adds a surcharge to ratepayers once the wind farm is in operation.
They've just agreed to an involuntary price rise to all ratepayers with no termination date?
Whilst yes, they *should* be moving wind-farm projects along, isn't that playing straight
into the hands of the "renewable energy will cost everyone more money" crowd?
