Hrkman got a respectful, if not enthusiastic reception from state energy officials at the NASEO conference, many of whom are waiting to see if they will receive the billions in IRA and IIJA dollars they were awarded for a range of clean projects.

The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced three conditional loans totaling more than $11 billion, to be used to build interregional transmission, an electric vehicle factory and virtual power plants.

Getting storage online in Maryland could be a critical piece of the solutions needed to address the sky-high capacity prices PJM recorded in its most recent auction, according to a panelist at a solar and storage conference.