A $2 billion power company is suing Montgomery County over a newly enacted carbon dioxide tax that would cost the company roughly $15 million each year.
Mirant Mid-Atlantic emits roughly 3 million tons of carbon dioxide annually from a decades-old coal-burning plant in Dickerson. The power company is challenging the constitutionality of Montgomery’s $5-per-ton carbon tax and refusing to pay the tax until the lawsuit is settled.
