Maryland policymakers and communities tackle housing, education, and governance changes while local officials navigate budget and accountability pressures.

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• Constellation, the owner of Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, said Wednesday it plans to move forward with massive upgrades at the facility after signing a 20-year power purchase deal with data center operator Amazon.
• Beginning between 2030 and 2032, the plant will be able to provide approximately 190 megawatts of additional energy to the grid, enough to power about 147,000 American homes. “That’s a home run for Maryland,” said David Dardis, Constellation’s senior executive vice president and chief external affairs and growth officer, in an interview with Maryland Matters.

• Maryland residents have multiple reasons to be concerned about the power grid. Energy costs are rising. Increasing demand is raising concerns about reliability. But there's an easier, cheaper option to solve these problems.
• Grid-connected battery storage is addressing such problems currently in states like California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. In contrast, our regional grid, PJM Interconnection, has almost none — although it does have plans to start building battery storage.

• Maryland enacted over 370 bills into law Thursday, including measures eliminating juvenile tried-as-adults provisions and regulating dynamic pricing.
• The legislation addresses both major policy issues and narrow state concerns, with many bills developed over multiple years.

• Opposition has emerged to proposed pay raises for the Baltimore County Executive position.
• The decision reflects ongoing budget discussions within county government regarding executive compensation.

• Montgomery County's office-to-housing conversion incentive program has supported five projects in its first year, representing $31 million in foregone county taxes.
• The program requires conversions to meet affordable housing minimums, addressing both vacant commercial space and housing demand in the county.

• The Archdiocese of Baltimore is preparing for a milestone not seen in more than half a century: the ordination of 12 new priests in a single year.
• The archdiocese now has 66 seminarians in formation, with 14 men entering this year alone. The total number of seminarians is up from 28 in 2007 and 52 in 2020.

• A veteran Maryland private school educator has been appointed head of an Owings Mills private school as it begins construction on a $7 million classroom building.
• Jemicy's new leader brings over a decade of experience working in Maryland's private school sector to the position.

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