Energy Matters
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Planning - Study on Solar Energy Project Sites [HB-904]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Planning, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to conduct a study to identify and evaluate land owned by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for the siting of new solar energy projects; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation [SB-675]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Extended Producer Responsibility for Batteries and Battery-Containing Products (Battery Stewardship Act) [SB-686]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Science ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring certain producers of batteries and battery-containing products to individually or as part of a battery stewardship organization submit a certain battery stewardship plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval by July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements; requiring a battery stewardship program to be implemented within a certain amount of time after the Department approves a certain battery stewardship plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Forest Conservation Act - Linear Projects - Alteration [SB-699]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Construction ]
Altering the definition of "linear project" under the Forest Conservation Act to exclude a project for a new transmission line or new distribution line constructed on or after October 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies [HB-829]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for purposes of provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Eminent Domain [SB-640]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a person constructing a solar energy generating station from exercising a right of condemnation in connection with that construction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason C. Gallion
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Energy Generation [SB-643]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
Stating the authority to construct, permit, and operate in the State an energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; stating the General Assembly's support for the development of additional nuclear energy in the State; and stating that the General Assembly encourages PJM Interconnection, LLC to provide an expedited interconnection process for new thermal generation resources in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup [HB-827]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding [HB-757]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual budget for the Program from $500,000 to at least $1,000,000; and authorizing the Secretary to use up to 20% of Program funds to support research centers, including the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, in the collection, analysis, and processing of Program outcome data for the purposes of assessing, maximizing, and improving the effectiveness and clinical utility of the cancer screening funded by the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 639 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Eminent Domain [HB-742]
[Energy ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a person constructing a solar energy generating station from exercising a right of condemnation in connection with that construction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Local Approval [HB-739]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed to be located.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines [HB-657]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase, Use, and Sale - Prohibitions (Clean Air Quiet Communities Act) [HB-701]
[Air Quality ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the State from purchasing gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning July 1, 2025; establishing a certain process to phase out on or before a certain date the use by the State of gasoline-powered leaf blowers; requiring a person that sells or offers for sale a gasoline-powered leaf blower in the State to provide certain notice to the purchaser or potential purchaser; prohibiting the sale of gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning on January 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines [SB-483]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Local Approval [SB-478]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed to be located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion [SB-479]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Overhead Transmission Lines – Conservation Easements [HB-640]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider the impact of the development of overhead transmission lines on certain properties subject to an existing conservation easement in certain proceedings for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; and requiring the Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the development of overhead transmission lines to consider alternative routes for transmission lines affecting conservation easements or alter proposed routes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment [SB-480]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Generation - Targets (Maryland Energy Independence Act) [HB-595]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish certain targets for electricity production from renewable energy resources located in the State; and setting a target of 50% of all electricity sold in the State coming from electricity produced from renewable energy resources located in the State by 2030, 70% by 2035, and 80% by 2040.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act [SB-434]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; altering the contents of and approval criteria for an application for an offshore wind project; establishing a process for the Public Service Commission to review and approve an application for a proposed nuclear energy generation project; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025