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Gov. O’Malley Takes a Third Swing at Wind Energy
By JESSICA WILDE and LUCAS HIGH Capital News Service
Gov. Martin O’Malley took his third shot at sparking the state’s wind energy industry by introducing legislation Tuesday that would provide $1.5 billion in taxpayer subsidies toward the construction of a wind power farm 10 miles off the coast of Ocean City. While last year’s bill, which is virtually identical to the current bill, garnered the necessary votes in the House, it failed to make it out of the Senate due to concerns about the added cost to consumers. This time around, O’Malley is confident in his bid to “make Maryland the epicenter for offshore wind power in the Atlantic." The new bill has 24 cosponsors in the Senate and 58 in the House, and Sen. Thomas “Mac” Middleton, D- Charles, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, …
