Gone from the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 is a requirement that residential customers soon begin subsidizing an eventual project through an additional charge on their electric bills. It caps a proposed subsidy at $2 per month and postpones its implementation until 2017.
That proposed amount is below the monthly $2.16 to $8.70 charge the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) last year estimated would be needed to help subsidize a utility-scale wind farm.
