Public Service Commission
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [SB-83]
Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to prepare a certain recommendation in connection with certain issues considered by the Public Service Commission; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to incorporate an evaluation of the impact of certain electric power plants on climate change into the Power Plant Research Program; requiring the Commission to consider the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards and the protection of the global climate in supervising and regulating certain public service companies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [HB-220]
Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Electricity and Gas - Energy Suppliers - Supply Offers [HB-397]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, by January 1, 2023, to establish an administrative process to approve supply offers for electricity or gas for households in the State that receive energy assistance through a program in the Office of Home Energy Programs; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2023, unless the Commission has approved the supply offer, a third-party retail supplier from offering to provide electricity or gas, renewing a certain contract, or charging a certain fee to certain households in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 636 on 05/30/2021
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Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [SB-90]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to set a date by which the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment must submit certain materials with regard to a certain proceeding for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the departments to submit the materials before the date set by the Commission unless waived by the Commission; authorizing the office of planning and zoning for certain counties or municipal corporations to submit a certain report to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency [SB-319]
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, environmental remediation, resiliency projects, and grid resiliency projects to the list of items that require eligibility requirements under a certain ordinance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Third Reading Passed (108-28) on 04/12/2021
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Climate Crisis and Education Act [SB-76]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; establishing a greenhouse gas reduction target of 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2045; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to reach the reduction targets and submit it to the General Assembly by December 31, 2022; requiring the Council to have the plan verified in a certain manner; requiring a greenhouse gas pollution fee on all fossil fuels brought into the State for combustion in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/18/2021
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Office of People's Counsel - Alterations (Office of People's Counsel Environmental Reform Act) [HB-30]
Altering the maximum amount that may be charged to a public service company for a State fiscal year; requiring the Office of the People's Counsel to hire at least one assistant people's counsel to focus on environmental issues; authorizing the Office to retain or hire experts in the field of climate change; requiring the Office to consider the public safety, economic welfare, and environmental interests of the State and its residents in determining whether a matter affects the interests of residential and noncommercial users; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 607 on 05/30/2021
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Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Hydroelectric Power [SB-316]
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; applying the Act to all renewable portfolio standard compliance years that begin on or after January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Public Utilities - Gas Service Regulator Safety (Flower Branch Act) [HB-345]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 1/14 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/29/2021
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Public Utilities - Transportation Network Services - Disclosure of Records [SB-97]
Altering the authority by which the Public Service Commission may disclose certain records provided by a transportation network company; authorizing the Commission to disclose certain records if the disclosure is made in accordance with a provision of law that requires certain licensing authorities to provide certain information to the Child Support Administration in the Department of Human Services; and providing that certain disclosed information is not subject to release under the Maryland Public Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 51 on 04/10/2018
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Public Utilities – Water and Sewage Disposal Companies – Acquisition [SB-854]
Establishing a certain process for valuing a water company or a sewage disposal company that is the subject of a certain acquisition; prohibiting a person from acquiring a controlling interest in certain water services or sewage disposal providers without prior approval of the Public Service Commission; providing the Commission may authorize a certain acquisition if the Commission finds that it is consistent with the public convenience and necessity; establishing a process to determine the fair market value of the selling utility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 220 on 04/24/2018
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Construction of Transmission Lines - Landowners - Notification [SB-696]
Requiring a public service company or an applicant to provide certain notice to owners of land and each owner of adjacent land over, on, or under which the applicant proposes to construct transmission lines under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/05/2018
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Electricity - Condemnation of Property or Rights for Overhead Transmission Lines - Public Service Commission Approval [SB-695]
Subjecting the condemnation of certain property or rights for the construction or maintenance of overhead transmission lines to approval by the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Public Service Commission - Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines - Location [SB-692]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts unless the overhead transmission line will be located on certain sites or on property subject to an existing easement; authorizing the Commission to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line at a location other than certain locations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Reporting [SB-433]
Altering the date from February 1 to December 1 each year by which the Public Service Commission is required to report to the General Assembly on the status of implementation of the renewable energy portfolio standard.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/08/2018
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Electric Companies - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Requirements - Standard Offer Service [SB-391]
Requiring an electric company to contract for certain renewable energy credits and electricity generated from certain Tier 1 renewable sources to meet a certain portion of the renewable energy portfolio standard for electricity that the electric company provides to certain customers beginning in 2021; requiring an electric company to solicit bids for a certain contract from certain renewable energy facilities; requiring an electric company to submit a certain contract to the Public Service Commission for review and approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 04/09/2018
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Public Utilities - Water or Sewage Disposal Systems - Rates [SB-337]
Allowing the Public Service Commission, after notice to customers and holding a public hearing and an evidentiary hearing, to authorize a certain rate consolidation of two or more water or sewage disposal systems if the systems have common ownership and the rate consolidation is in the public interest.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 191 on 04/24/2018
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Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Rapid Health Impact Assessment Requirement [SB-1142]
Requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain construction to conduct a rapid health impact assessment (HIA) on the project and report on its findings; requiring a rapid HIA report to be completed within 3 weeks after the applicant submits its application to the Commission; requiring an applicant to complete the rapid HIA in a certain manner; requiring the rapid HIA report to be considered part of a certain application; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2018
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Corporate Income Tax - Single Sales Factor Apportionment [SB-1090]
Altering the formula used to apportion certain income to the State for certain corporations that carry on a trade or business within and outside the State; authorizing certain corporations to elect to use a certain formula to apportion certain income; requiring certain corporations to apportion certain income from certain intangible investments in a certain manner; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 341 on 04/24/2018
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Renewable Energy – Offshore Wind Projects – Distance Requirements [SB-1058]
Altering from between 10 to 30 to not less than 26 nautical miles the distances required of certain qualified offshore wind projects from the State shoreline; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving certain offshore wind projects unless certain wind turbines are installed; requiring certain wind turbines to be installed in a certain manner for certain purposes; excluding from the calculation of certain ORECs the generation or capacity of certain wind turbines; requiring the Commission to enter a certain order; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018