Public Service Commission
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Electricity - Standard Offer Service - Renewable Energy [HB-624]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring an electric company to contract for renewable energy credits and electricity generated from certain Tier 1 renewable sources to meet a portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard for the electric company starting in 2023; authorizing an electric company to receive annual remuneration for contracts; authorizing an electric company to account for the purchase of contracts as a regulatory asset, but prohibiting the collection of an additional return on the regulatory asset; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind [HB-622]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the application of the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard to apply only to distribution sales of electric companies; altering the manner in which an electric company may reflect and recover offshore wind renewable energy credit costs; altering certain compliance fees for shortfalls from the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [HB-569]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to condition the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the requirement that the developer of the project take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Credits - Offshore Wind [SB-526]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the application of the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard to apply only to distribution sales of electric companies; altering the manner in which an electric company may reflect and recover offshore wind renewable energy credit costs; altering certain compliance fees for shortfalls from the offshore wind energy component of the renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing [SB-524]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve an annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 0.4% starting in 2023; requiring the Department to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by 2030; etc.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To ensure that municipalities cannot charge sewer rates for the filling of a swimming pool. [HB-4421]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to require a public service district, or a municipality included in a public service district to refund any charges to an owner of a privately-owned swimming pool since the effective date of the enactment of this section on April 10, 2021.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Energy Generation Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [SB-418]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person who is a developer of a project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement - Surcharge and Plans (STRIDE Act of 2022) [SB-423]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Including infrastructure replacement project costs under the Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement Program in certain gas company base rates during a multiyear rate plan; and continuing an annual surcharge for eligible future infrastructure project costs not included in certain gas company base rates during a multiyear rate plan.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Electricity - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Net Energy Metering and Generating Capacity [HB-440]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the maximum generating capacity of a community solar energy generating system for purposes of net energy metering; increasing the maximum generating capacity of a community solar energy generating system from 2 megawatts to 5 megawatts; and specifying that a community solar energy generating system is not a generating station if the generating capacity of the community solar energy generating system does not exceed 2 megawatts.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Reporting Requirements [HB-341]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the date, from September 1 to November 1 of each year, by which the Public Service Commission must submit a report on the status of a certain net metering program; and repealing a reporting requirement on customer education about competitive electricity supply.
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Utah 2022 General Session
Project Entity Oversight Committee [HB-215]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Project Entity Oversight Committee
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act [SB-376]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a certain county or municipality to convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and request that an electric company remove certain street lighting equipment in the county's or municipality's jurisdiction; authorizing certain street lighting disputes to be submitted to the Public Service Commission for resolution; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Long-Term Power Purchase Agreements for Renewable Energy Workgroup and Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses Study [SB-334]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Long-Term Power Purchase Agreements for Renewable Energy Workgroup to review certain long-term contracts and power purchase agreements for renewable energy, study the feasibility of implementing long-term power purchase agreements for renewable energy contracts in the State, and report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2022; requiring a certain certification agency in consultation with other entities in the State to initiate a certain study on the renewable energy industry; etc.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Require PSC to annually report to Legislative Committee on the ratepayer utility costs over the prior 15 years and projected over the next 5 years, all adjusted for inflation. [HB-4269]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Inflation ]
[Public Safety ]
Require PSC to annually report to Legislative Committee on the ratepayer utility costs over the prior 15 years and projected over the next 5 years, all adjusted for inflation.
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Utah 2022 General Session
Railroad Crossing Maintenance Amendments [HB-181]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Railroad Crossing Maintenance Amendments
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Service Commission – Reporting Requirements [SB-257]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the date, from September 1 to November 1 of each year, by which the Public Service Commission must submit a report on the status of a certain net metering program; and repealing a reporting requirement on customer education about competitive electricity supply.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Rate Suspension Proceedings [HB-228]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the number of days from 150 to 180 for which the Public Service Commission may initially suspend a public service company's proposed rate; and allowing the Commission to extend a rate suspension for up to an additional 90 days if the filing is for an alternative form of ratemaking for a public service company.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to net metering [HB-2329]
[Energy ]
Relating to net metering
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility [SB-129]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Assure West Virginians proper access to water and sewage service at reasonable rates [HB-3222]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Assure West Virginians proper access to water and sewage service at reasonable rates