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Maryland
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| Maryland has the 16th highest retail electricity prices
in the nation. The 2000 state average rate of $67.50/MWh was 2 percent
above the national average retail rate. Maryland rates are slightly
above the national average because of its nuclear investment ($1.5 billion),
some above market power purchase agreements, and some high cost residual
oil fired generation. These high cost resources were only partially
offset by ownership in some large out-of-state coal units with low production
costs. Roughly 57 percent of in-state utility generation comes from
coal-fired stations. |
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