It
was
the
second
consecutive
year
that
O’Malley
was
unable
to
get
an
offshore
bill
through,
even
though
in
January
he
agreed
to
reduce
the
level
of
subsidies
and
delay
when
they
would
take
effect
until
2017.
The
lower
House
of
Delegates
approved
the
legislation
but
it
died
in
a
Senate
committee.
Some
senators
were
uneasy
with
the
bill’s
wording
which
critics
said
could
allow
a
larger
surcharge
to
be
applied
to
ratepayers’
monthly
electricity
bills
to
support
an
eventual
project.
The
setbacks
were
an
embarrassment
for
O’Malley,
a
Democrat
with
national
political
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