Energy Matters
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Public Utilities – Thermal Energy Network Systems – Authorization and Establishment (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act) [HB-397]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October 1, 2024; requiring certain gas companies to submit a certain proposal or proposals to the Public Service Commission for approval on or before July 1, 2025; authorizing certain entities or a community organization to submit neighborhoods for consideration as part of a pilot system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/09/2024
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Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration [HB-366]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing a community association to impose certain restrictions on the installation of solar collector systems in common areas or common elements; authorizing a community association to install a solar collector system in common areas or common elements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/01/2024
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Outdoor Lighting - Standards and Use of State Funds [HB-305]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2025, to develop outdoor lighting standards that consider energy consumption, the environment, and public health and safety; requiring the Department to consult with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the State Highway Administration in developing the standards; prohibiting the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires in certain areas under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2024
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Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [HB-258]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection [HB-267]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; providing for the terms of electricity supplier, energy salesperson, and gas supplier licenses issued by the Public Service Commission; establishing certain licensing and renewal requirements for certain persons; providing for certain disciplinary actions by the Commission against electricity suppliers, gas suppliers, and energy salespersons for certain acts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection [SB-1]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; establishing an energy vendor license for certain persons that provide energy sales services in the State; prohibiting a certain electricity supplier from marketing electricity as green power unless certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment [HB-216]
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[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the board of directors of a condominium to grant certain interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 253 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use and Electric–Ready Standards [HB-210]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act) [SB-37]
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[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/29/2024
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Fossil Fuel-Powered Lawn and Garden Care Equipment - State Purchase, Use, and Contracts - Prohibition [HB-91]
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[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the State from purchasing fossil fuel-powered lawn and garden care equipment beginning January 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; prohibiting the State from entering into or renewing a contract under which the contractor, or a subcontractor employed by the contractor, uses fossil fuel-powered lawn and garden care equipment beginning January 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; and prohibiting the State from using any fossil fuel-powered lawn and garden care equipment beginning January 1, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund [SB-169]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Nonprofit ]
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing, in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Economic Matters Appropriations on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Common Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024) [HB-159]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric vehicle recharging equipment; and requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to publish information on its common ownership community website regarding requirements, contractor information, certain points of contact, and resources on dispute resolutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 268 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland Energy Administration - Carbon Capture Opportunity Program - Establishment [HB-155]
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[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses in the State engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to use existing resources to administer the Program, establish application procedures, provide technical assistance to participating businesses, assist participants in applying for federal and private grant funding, and publicize the availability of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [HB-130]
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[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Referred Rules on 04/03/2024
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Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [HB-245]
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[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment [SB-206]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Authorizing the board of directors of a condominium, by a majority vote, to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 04/25/2024
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Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration [SB-49]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing a community association to impose certain restrictions on the installation of solar collector systems in common areas or common elements; authorizing a community association to install a solar collector system in common areas or common elements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [SB-258]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Meter Aggregation [SB-931]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining "generating station" as it relates to the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or approval from the Public Service Commission for a person who constructs a generating station that has the capacity to produce more than 2 but not more than 14 megawatts of electricity from a solar photovoltaic system; and requiring an electric company to provide meter aggregation for certain eligible customer-generators under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease [SB-919]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/15/2023