Public Service Commission
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency - Investment in Low-Income Communities [HB-1310]
Requiring the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities to develop certain policies and recommendations to place certain priorities in certain years for directing certain spending on clean energy and energy efficiency programs, projects, or investments to benefit certain low-income communities; providing for the application of certain priorities to certain programs, projects, and investments; requiring the Commission to consult with the Department of the Environment and certain other agencies; etc.
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Public Service Commission - Damaged, Obsolete, or Excessive Lines - Fines [HB-1231]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to promptly notify the owner of a utility pole about damaged, dangling, obsolete, or redundant lines or blight or public nuisance caused by an excessive number of lines on a utility pole under certain circumstances; requiring the owner of a utility pole to require the person that controls the line or lines to investigate and repair or remove offending lines within 30 days after receiving a certain notice from the Commission; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems [HB-1007]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years to require a certain percentage of energy from Tier 1 renewable sources each year to be derived from certain geothermal heating and cooling systems; requiring a certain percentage of energy required to be derived from certain geothermal heating and cooling systems to be from systems installed on certain property; altering the methods for calculating certain energy savings; providing for the regulation and enforcement of certain requirements by the Department of Labor; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Maryland Net Neutrality Act of 2021 [HB-1064]
Prohibiting fixed Internet service providers and mobile broadband Internet access service providers, in the course of providing certain services and subject to a certain limitation, from blocking certain content, applications, services, or devices, or impairing or degrading certain Internet traffic on a certain basis; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Damaged, Obsolete, or Excessive Lines - Study [SB-754]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to convene a workgroup of interested persons to study damaged, dangling, obsolete, or redundant utility, telecommunication, or other lines, or blight or public nuisance caused by an excessive number of lines on utility poles in Maryland; requiring the workgroup to examine certain matters relating to utility, telecommunications, and other lines; and requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021.
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Utah 2021 General Session
Utility Proceedings Amendments [HB-298]
Utility Proceedings Amendments
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Natural Gas – Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement – Surcharge and Plans [HB-890]
Providing for the inclusion of certain project costs under the Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement Program in certain gas company base rates during a multiyear rate plan; and providing for the continuation of a certain surcharge for eligible future infrastructure project costs not included in base rates.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Power Plant Research Program – Review of Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Alterations [HB-777]
Altering the circumstances under which the Public Service Commission must notify the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment about an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity associated with power plant construction; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to complete an independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report within 6 months after the Commission determines the application to be complete; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity - Standard Offer Service - Renewable Energy [HB-743]
Requiring an electric company to contract for certain 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; requiring an electric company to solicit certain bids and award certain contracts in a certain manner; providing for certain remuneration for certain contracts; providing a required minimum of 10 years and maximum term of 20 years for certain contracts; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program MC 17-21 [HB-768]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing the Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on December 31, 2023, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Electric School Bus Pilot Program [HB-832]
Establishing the electric school bus pilot program to be implemented and administered by the Public Service Commission; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement a pilot program that meets certain standards; requiring a participating school system to consider criteria that benefit students who are eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals; authorizing certain electric companies to recover reasonable program costs subject to the approval of the Commission; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – Coal– and Gas–Fired Generating Stations – Prohibitions (Prince George’s County Stop Environmentally Unjust Coal and Gas Plants Act of 2021) PG 410–21 [HB-613]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a coal- or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station will be located in Prince George's County; and prohibiting a person from operating a coal- or gas-fired generating station if any part of the generating station is located in Prince George's County and the Commission issued a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of the generating station.
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Utah 2021 General Session
Inmate Phone Provider Amendments [HB-219]
Inmate Phone Provider Amendments
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings [HB-556]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to conduct certain hearings relating to certain rate increases virtually; authorizing the Commission to conduct certain public hearings relating to certain certificates of public convenience and necessity virtually in a certain manner; requiring the Commission to provide information on the virtual hearings prominently on the Commission's website; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Net Energy Metering [SB-508]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from prohibiting the construction or operation of multiple net metered solar generating facilities located on separate contiguous lots that are owned by a local government solely because the capacity of the combined net metering systems exceeds the 2 megawatt limit under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Net Energy Metering [HB-584]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from prohibiting the construction or operation of multiple net metered solar generating facilities located on contiguous lots that are owned by a local government solely because the capacity of the combined net metering systems exceeds the 2 megawatt limit under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Annual Reports [HB-578]
Altering the due dates of certain annual reports prepared by the Public Service Commission; and altering from December 1 to January 1 the due date of a certain report by the Department of Housing and Community Development relating to the Electric Universal Service Program.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity - Net Energy Metering - Limit [HB-569]
Increasing to 3,000 megawatts the statewide limit on rated generating capacity for net energy metering under a certain contract or tariff available to certain eligible customer-generators.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Annual Reports [SB-428]
Altering the due dates of certain annual reports prepared by the Public Service Commission; and altering the due date from December 1 to January 1 of a certain report by the Department of Housing and Community Development relating to the Electric Universal Service Program.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Wastewater Heating or Cooling System [HB-561]
Expanding the types of energy sources that qualify as Tier 1 renewable sources under the renewable energy portfolio standard; adding certain wastewater used in certain manners to the definition of a "Tier 1 renewable source"; authorizing energy from a wastewater heating or cooling system to be eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard under certain conditions; requiring the Public Service Commission to determine the energy savings of a wastewater heating or cooling system in a certain manner; etc.