Public Service Commission
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings [HB-556]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
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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Public Utilities - Net Energy Metering [SB-508]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
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]
[Telecommunications ]
[Housing ]
[Energy ]
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]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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]
[Telecommunications ]
[Housing ]
[Energy ]
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]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
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.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
For-Hire Driving and Vehicles - Requirements [SB-429]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the requirements for submission of certain photographs by certain applicants for a for-hire driver's license to the Public Service Commission; requiring certain applicants for a for-hire driver's license to allow the Commission access to photographs through the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring certain applicants to provide photographs in a format that the Commission specifies; repealing the requirement for certain applicants for a Baltimore City taxicab license to have completed a certain course; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Virtual Public Hearings [SB-430]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
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 - Low-Income Housing - Energy Performance Targets [SB-462]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, for the 2021-2023 program cycle, by regulation or order, to the extent that the Commission determines that low-income programs are available, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve a target annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 1% per year starting in 2022; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act) [SB-503]
[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that any gas service newly installed at an occupied structure may have a gas service regulator installed only outside the structure; requiring an existing interior gas service regulator in a multifamily residential structure to be relocated outside whenever a gas service line or regulator is replaced; requiring a gas company, on or before January 1, 2022, to file a plan with the Public Service Commission to relocate any gas service regulator that provides service to a multifamily residential structure; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Power Plant Research Program - Review of Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Alterations [SB-417]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
[Construction ]
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
For-Hire Driving and Vehicles - Requirements [HB-558]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the requirements for submission of certain photographs by certain applicants for a for-hire driver's license to the Public Service Commission; requiring certain applicants for a for-hire driver's license to allow the Commission access to photographs through the Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring certain applicants to provide photographs in a format that the Commission specifies; repealing the requirement for certain applicants for a Baltimore City taxicab license to have completed a certain course; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance [HB-606]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing certain gas and electric utilities to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit certain eligible limited-income customers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission; expanding the electric universal service program to customers who are at least 67 years old with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; establishing a Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to examine the forms of federal, State, local, and private assistance available to low-income residential energy customers; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance [SB-392]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing certain gas and electric utilities to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit certain eligible limited-income customers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission; expanding the electric universal service program to customers who are at least 67 years old with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; establishing a Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to study low-income energy assistance programs; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency [HB-517]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Expanding the purpose of a certain clean energy loan program to include loans for water efficiency projects, environmental remediation projects intended to remove environmental or health hazards, and resiliency projects to increase the capacity of a property to withstand the effects of climate change; adding water efficiency projects and environmental remediation and resiliency projects to the items requiring eligibility requirements under a certain ordinance; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity – Net Energy Metering – Limit [SB-407]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Alterations and Compliance Fees [HB-467]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard for certain years; extending indefinitely the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 2 renewable sources; repealing the limit on the period of time during which energy from a Tier 2 renewable source is eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard; altering the compliance fee for a shortfall from the required percentage of energy from certain Tier 1 renewable sources for the renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
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Alabama Regular Session 2021
Public Service Commission, telecommunication services, retail services, to restore the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, Sec. 37-2A-4 am'd. [SB-37]
[Telecommunications ]
Public Service Commission, telecommunication services, retail services, to restore the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, Sec. 37-2A-4 am'd.
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Utah 2021 General Session
Clean and Renewable Energy Requirement Amendments [HB-145]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Clean and Renewable Energy Requirement Amendments