To: The Maryland State House, The Maryland State Senate, and Governor Larry Hogan

Emergency power designation for gas stations

Some gas stations in every area should be designated as critical for emergency access, and must implement electrical generators or other backup power to operate those stations.

Why is this important?

Weather incidents like Deracho, Sandy, Isabel and snowmaggeddon resulted in electrical power loss so that gas stations over wide areas could not pump fuel for several days and recovery has taken longer than needed. Operating machinery and vehicles is not possible without liquid fuels.