Thoughts On Tech & Things
How will Maryland meet its future energy needs?
Host Jason Michael Perry moderated a live panel for the World Trade Center Institute's AGILE Global Innovation Series , exploring the constraint quietly shaping Maryland's future: energy capacity. As Maryland positions itself as a hub for emerging technologies, demand from data centers, electric vehicles, and an increasingly digital economy is rising faster than in-state power generation can keep up. This session explores what the state's future energy mix must look like to support growth, reliability, and competitiveness, examining the role of renewables, the current limits of the Maryland grid, PJM's regional challenges, and the power needs of next-generation infrastructure, including data centers and quantum computing. Jason is joined by three leaders shaping how Maryland meets that challenge: Lindsay North, Director of Clean Energy Strategy at Exelon ; Jason Stanek , Executive Director of Governmental Services at PJM Interconnection ; and Adam Ortiz , Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment . They break down where Maryland's power actually comes from, why the state imports a significant share of its electricity from the regional grid, and what's driving the sharp rise in demand. The conversation covers the tension between clean energy goals and grid reliability, the real cost pressures showing up on ratepayers' bills, and what infrastructure, new generation, and new transmission need to get built — and how fast. The result: a grounded look at one of the most consequential and least understood questions facing the state right now. Podcast Notes & Links WTCI AGILE Global Innovation Series Lindsay North, Director of Clean Energy Strategy at Exelon Jason Stanek, Executive Director of Governmental Services at PJM Interconnection Adam Ortiz, Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment Sponsors This episode is brought to you by: PerryLabs: Invested in AI but not seeing results? You're not alone. PerryLabs helps organizations find what's working and build what's next. Start with our AI Assessment at PerryLabs.io . HoopDee Are you a new parent, or do you have one on the way? Get HoopDee so you never waste a drop of breast milk or baby formula. HoopDee's smart system does all the milk math for you, and the whole family will know which bottle to use next. Enjoy 20% off with code: thoughts . Visit gethoopdee.com . Subscribe & Contact Subscribe to the Thoughts on Tech & Things newsletter: jasonmperry.com/newsletter Send feedback, questions, or guest suggestions: jasonmperry.com/contact Credits Special thanks to the team at the World Trade Center Institute . Thanks to the team at WYPR , producer Sam Bermas-Dawes, and Myrna Martinez, Head of Operations and Marketing at PerryLabs .
