Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a sprawling package of energy legislation this week in response to spiking electricity bills, smoothing the way for a new gas-fired power plant and speeding up the permitting process for solar projects.

Moore signed both the Next Generation Energy Act and Renewable Energy Certainty Act on Tuesday, days after he outraged climate hawks by vetoing bills to study data center impacts and greenhouse gas costs to the state.

Moore cited the state’s $3 billion deficit in vetoing the RENEW Act , which called for the greenhouse gas study, and legislation to study the impact of data centers on the state’s electricity market. He also vetoed legislation to create a new Strategic Energy Planning Office , saying it would be too costly and duplicative.

“Studies can serve a purpose, but their overuse is a drag on the State government,” Moore wrote in his veto message for the RENEW ACT and other studies. “Many of these reports are never read and simply collect dust on shelves, but nonetheless, executive branch agencies are required to dedicate funding and staff time to each.”