We're importing 25 percent to 30 percent of our electricity. Demand keeps growing, and we need transmission to get it here. Coal is a really vast resource.

I guess Democrats are against providing a stable energy source for the state.

We are at risk of losing some manufacturing, but the biggest risk is we won't get any expansion of current manufacturing. You're not solving the problem. You're just moving the greenhouse gases to another location.

What California does could be sacrificial for no purpose.

None of these bills contain any provisions to keep electricity affordable in Maryland.

Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy.