Maryland loves to talk big about being a national leader — Innovation! Climate action! Economic growth! But when it comes to the one thing that makes every promise possible — reliable, affordable energy — we continue pretending we can manifest electrons through hope, hashtags and more out-of-state imports.

Meanwhile, our neighbors are getting serious.

As an example, Delaware just launched a Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force. Yes, Delaware — that tiny state we usually only reference when discussing toll plazas — has realized the obvious: If you want data centers, manufacturing jobs and a resilient grid, you must build real power plants. Not just fields of solar panels backed up by the PJM marketplace prayer circle.

Maryland has what every other state wishes they had: a world-class

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