Nominate Your Top Innovators
Nominate Your Top Innovators
It’s the fifth year for the Fortnightly Top Innovators.
Fortnightly Magazine - August 2021
A Day Actually at the Maryland PSC
State Commissions
Maryland punches well above its weight, with an expansive grid modernization portfolio, ambitious EV programs, utility-scale batteries deployed as grid assets, and more, backed up by a diverse renewable generation portfolio and nuclear power at the Calvert Cliffs plant.
Maryland PSC: Chair Jason Stanek
Chair
“Our diversity of energy resources in a relatively small state provides added resilience, including our large hydroelectric station on the Susquehanna River and our LNG terminal on the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland is fortunate to have the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant.”
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Mindy Herman
Commissioner
“During the pandemic that has been a little challenge because you don’t see body language. That’s the whole point of a hearing is when you have a witness sitting before you to talk to you, you can assess their demeanor.”
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton
Commissioner
“Now we start the process of helping a lot of small businesses and customers get back on their feet. That’ll take more time, probably a little longer than the pandemic took.”
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Anthony O'Donnell
Commissioner
“I’m hoping soon we can begin to implement performance-based rates and performance incentive mechanisms.”
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Michael Richard
Commissioner
“I hope we can keep a hybrid aspect of the virtual hearings because there’s been more public participation, particularly when we have our administrative meetings, requiring representatives for companies to come here for a 3-to-5-minute presentation.”
Maryland PSC: Senior Advisor to Chair Stanek
State Commissions
“ I advise the Chair and Commissioners on a variety of legal and policy matters. There are four senior Commission advisors, and we serve in a number of roles.”
Maryland PSC: Director of Legislative Affairs
State Commissions
“I’m a liaison to the legislature as well as other state, local, county, and federal agencies, and also liaison with the Governor’s office. I am uniquely positioned to see issues that are bubbling to the surface.”
Maryland PSC: Executive Secretary
State Commissions
“I work with our Office of General Counsel, when we get a Public Information Act request, to handle our agency’s response. We work with the Department of Information Technology – an arm of state government – to facilitate those requests, if necessary.”