Maryland’s only remaining coal-fired power plant is likely to keep operating through mid-2031 — six years after it was set to close — although the plan technically still requires approval from federal regulators.
The owner of the Brandon Shores coal plant south of Baltimore originally planned to close it in 2025. But officials threw up a red flag, and warned that the plant’s retirement would endanger the regional electricity grid.
That led to a plan to keep Brandon Shores, and a neighboring oil-fueled plant called H.A. Wagner, operational through May 2029, with Maryland ratepayers picking up the tab. Now, officials want to extend that very same agreement through May 2031…