This operational plan promotes affordable, reliable and clean energy, by also helping to reduce household bills, create new green collar jobs, address global climate change, and promote energy independence.  The plan lists anticipated benefits to Marylanders for FY’12 which include, but are not limited to energy cost savings over life of investments of $122 million; green collar jobs created and/or retained of approximately 321; CO2 emissions reduced by 37,616 tons; renewable energy systems installed on homes of over 2,900 systems; annual energy saved of 58,296 MWh; and annual renewable energy produced of 23,320 MWh.