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A law intended to strengthen the state’s renewable energy program has been turned on its head by a working group of a Public Services Commission, said Sen. Paul Pinsky,the legislation’s sponsor. The Prince George’s County Democrat is angry about it and so are environmentalists and solar power users.

“Our intent was very clear,” Pinsky said. “We wanted to promote renewable energy. And to allow someone to stand in our way, it is shameless.”

The law was intended to allow Marylanders with their own generation systems to profit if they made more energy than they could use. But the proposed rules scheduled for a hearing Tuesday could wind up costing them money.

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