On December 19, 2025, Governor Wes Moore signed the “Building an Affordable and Reliable Energy Future” executive order (Md. Exec. Order No. 01.01.2025.27). The order creates an Energy Subcabinet to coordinate energy policy and activities in a whole-of-government approach. The E.O also creates an Energy Advisory Council to solicit input on the greatest challenges to energy affordability and reliability and directs the Chair of the Energy Subcabinet, the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), to convene a Workgroup under the Subcabinet to identify opportunities to modernize Maryland’s transmission infrastructure.
The Energy Advisory Council has been asked to provide a memorandum to the newly-formed Energy Subcabinet within 180 days outlining:
- “the most urgent challenges to energy affordability and reliability” and
- “barriers to the deployment of generation facilities and affordability, and provide recommendations to inform the MEA’s work.”
Members:
Name
| Organization
|
Evan Vaughan
| Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coaltion (MAREC) Action
|
Liz Burdock
| Oceantic
|
Sonya Harbaugh
| BGE
|
Lindsay North
| PHI
|
Tom Dennison
| SMECO
|
Nathan Hultman
| UMD - Center for Global Sustainability
|
Emily Scarr
| Maryland PIRG and Environment Maryland
|
Laurel Peltier
| Maryland Energy Advocates Coalition (MEAC) and AARP MD Utility Advocate
|
Kenneth D. Schisler
| C-Power
|
Ruth Ann Norton
| Green and Healthy Homes
|
Kim Coble
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters
|
Josh Tulkin
| Sierra Club
|
Nidhi Thakar
| Clean Energy Buyers Association
|
Pamela Quinlan
| Data Center Coalition
|
Adrien Ford
| Constellation
|
Victoria Venable
| Frederick County
|
Jesse Drewer
| Somerset County
|
Katherine Magruder
| Maryland Clean Energy Center
|
Jason Ascher
| Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association
|
Parker Welch
| Maryland Farm Bureau
|
David Lapp
| Maryland Office of People's Counsel
|
Kelly Speakes-Backman
| Maryland Energy Administration
|
Ryan Powell
| Maryland Dept of Commerce
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