A recent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study found that policies like the one being proposed caused 70-90 percent of all renewable energy installations in the mid-Atlantic region last year. In the past decade alone more than 250 coal plants have either been retired or have committed to retiring. Last year, the majority of the installed energy capacity that replaced coal plants came from renewable sources of energy, not dirty fracked gas. Maryland should expand its renewable portfolio standard to 50 percent by 2030 to expand clean and renewable energy sources, create jobs, and save lives.