POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · MD
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Maryland
6 data-center projects on file — 3.0 GW of nameplate capacity. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$235
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
4.7%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#14
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+44%
#19 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
1.75 GW
· nuclear
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant · Calvert County
§ 01
What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Maryland · residential · latest
20.08¢/kWh
↑ +9.7% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Maryland · residential · 2026 YTD avg
20.36¢/kWh
↑ +11.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Maryland's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
MARYLAND · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
3.02 TWh net · all sectors
§ 03
Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Maryland is staring at an 2.5 GW energy shortfall: 3.0 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 433 MW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
6 projects
Projects on file
6
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
2.97 GW
≈ 13 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
—
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
3 statements
NEUTRAL · 2025-12
“Maryland should be the best place for businesses to invest in data centers, but this growth should be managed responsibly and not burden Maryland families.”
— Gov. Wes Moore (D)SOURCE ↗
OPPOSE · 2025-09
“The huge corporations building and running data centers should cover the costs of the energy they need — not push those costs onto the backs of consumers.”
— Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D)SOURCE ↗
CONCERN · 2026-03
“Data centers are critical to our national security, job creation, and economic development, but we cannot subsidize the costs of these data centers with our energy bills.”
— Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D)SOURCE ↗
§ 07
Follow the money in Maryland
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in MD
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.