Public Service Commission
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Ratepayer Reduction for Renewable Energy Act [HB-967]
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 2020; 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: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 03/05/2018
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Regional Carbon Cost Collection Initiative [HB-939]
Establishing a Regional Carbon Cost Collection Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution charges; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and rebate functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution charge on certain fuels and certain greenhouse gas-emitting priorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Task Force on Electric Power Grid Security [HB-912]
Establishing the Task Force on Electric Power Grid Security; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding certain matters; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; terminating the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Renewable Energy - Electric and Gas Bills (100% Clean Renewable Energy Equity Act of 2018) [HB-878]
Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating System Program; altering the definition of "qualified energy resources" as it relates to the clean energy production income tax credit; establishing the Maryland Megawatt Block Program in the Public Service Commission; establishing the Office of Offshore Wind Procurement in the Department of Natural Resources; repealing various provisions of law regarding the renewable energy portfolio standard; establishing a new renewable energy portfolio standard; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Construction of Transmission Lines – Landowners – Notification [HB-869]
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: Rep. Glen Glass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 282 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Energy Administration - Study on Location of Solar Photovoltaic Technologies [HB-866]
Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to study the effect that an increase in the State's renewable energy portfolio standard, to include the increase in the percentage of energy required to be from solar energy, will have on the State's reliance on energy from solar photovoltaic technologies; establishing certain requirements for the study; requiring the Administration to solicit input from certain persons; and requiring the Administration to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2019.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines - Location [HB-794]
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: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electric Facilities – Construction of Overhead Transmission Lines – Additional Notice Requirements [HB-784]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to provide certain notice of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on its website and social media platforms; requiring a certain applicant to identify whether a certain overhead transmission line is located on certain sites or on land subject to a certain easement under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 773 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Electricity - Condemnation of Property or Rights for Overhead Transmission Lines - Public Service Commission Approval [HB-773]
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: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Public Notice and Hearing [HB-715]
Requiring a certain notice made by the Public Service Commission or an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to be specific; requiring the Commission or a certain applicant to provide certain notice immediately to certain residents in a certain manner; requiring the Commission, at a certain time, to provide certain notice immediately of a certain application on certain Commission social media accounts, on the Commission's website in a certain manner, and through text alerts to certain interested persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities – Water or Sewage Disposal Systems – Rates [HB-528]
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: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 190 on 04/24/2018
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Prince George’s County – Utility Services – Master Meters and Task Force PG 429–18 [HB-218]
Prohibiting certain entities from authorizing the use of a master meter for certain services in certain residential multiple occupancy buildings in Prince George's County; establishing the Task Force on the Use of Master Meters for Utility Services in Prince George's County to study certain issues, including the amount of money owed by unit owners related to the use of water meters, and to report its findings to the Governor and Prince George's County Delegation of the General Assembly by December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Corporate Income Tax - Single Sales Factor Apportionment [HB-1794]
Altering the formula used to apportion 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 taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Solar Electric Generating Facility Decommissioning and Restoration - Security - Fund [HB-1653]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a surcharge on certain solar electric generating facilities for a certain purpose on the basis of certain factors; requiring the Comptroller to collect the revenue from the surcharge and deposit it into the Maryland Solar Electric Generating Facility Decommissioning and Restoration Fund; requiring the Commission to review the amount of the surcharge at certain intervals; authorizing the Commission to adjust the surcharge on review; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Aumann
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission – Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Rapid Health Impact Assessment Requirement [HB-1632]
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. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Companies – Facility Equipment – Removal [HB-1568]
Requiring certain public service companies to remove certain facility equipment within a certain period of time; requiring the Public Service Commission to take certain corrective action after a certain consideration; authorizing the Commission to impose a certain civil penalty in addition to certain other penalties; requiring the Commission to determine the amount of any civil penalty after consideration of certain factors; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Water and Sewage Disposal Companies - Acquisition [HB-1566]
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: Rep. Sally Jameson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 219 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission – Repeal of Master Metering Authorization and Study on Energy Allocation Systems and Submetering [HB-1491]
Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing the Public Service Commission to authorize the use of a master meter in a residential multiple occupancy building for certain purposes under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain study on the feasibility of transitioning master meters installed and used for gas or electric to energy allocation systems or submeters in apartment buildings or complexes, condominiums, and housing cooperatives; providing for the required elements of the study; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 532 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Gas and Electricity - Analog Meters - Purchase and Installation [HB-1333]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to authorize a customer of a gas company or an electric company to purchase and install an analog meter; requiring the meter to comply with certain standards; requiring a gas company or an electric company to install the meter or allow certain persons to install the meter at the customer's request; providing that an analog meter may replace a different type of meter; prohibiting a gas company or an electric company from requiring the customer to install additional controls; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights [HB-1274]
Requiring a utility company to give prior written notice to certain customers prior to deploying smart meters throughout all or a portion of the utility company's service territory; prohibiting a utility company from imposing any additional fee or charge on a certain customer that refuses installation of a smart meter or requests removal of a smart meter; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Department of Health to make certain reports regarding smart meters; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2018