Public Service Commission
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Corporate Income Tax - Single Sales Factor Apportionment [HB-1794]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
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 R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 04/24/2018
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Gettr Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Solar Electric Generating Facility Decommissioning and Restoration - Security - Fund [HB-1653]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
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 L.M. 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]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
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 K. 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]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
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 K. 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]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 Y 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]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 T. 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]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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 M 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]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
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 M Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Remote Access Information Program - Establishment [HB-1206]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Remote Access Information Program in the Department of Information Technology to connect an individual who is deaf-blind with a human assistant using certain remote assistive technology; establishing certain requirements for certain remote assistive technology provided under the Program; requiring the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Disabilities to adopt certain regulations to implement the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Offshore Wind Projects - Distance Requirements [HB-1135]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Criteria to Consider [HB-1126]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to take final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity only after due consideration of the effect of a generating station, an overhead transmission line, or a qualified generator lead line on air quality and water pollution, rather than the effect of the generating station, overhead transmission line, or qualified generator lead line on air and water pollution when applicable; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard K Impallaria
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 04/24/2018
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West Virginia 2019 1st Special Session
WV Business Ready Sites Program [SB-1041]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
WV Business Ready Sites Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch B. Carmichael
Filed For Introduction on 06/01/2019
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West Virginia 2019 1st Special Session
West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program [HB-144]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Business Ready Sites Program, which would provide for the Development Office to designate industrial sites for installation of utilities to make them more attractive for businesses to locate within West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Approved By Governor 6/28/19 - Senate Journal on 07/23/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Requiring emergency service organizations create districts regarding towing services [SB-532]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring emergency service organizations create districts regarding towing services
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Maynard
Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Requiring county emergency dispatchers complete course for telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation [SB-519]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring county emergency dispatchers complete course for telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert H. Plymale
Chapter 228, Acts, Regular Session, 2019 on 04/16/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Clarifying PSC jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities [SB-467]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying PSC jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Gregory Boso
To House Judiciary on 02/28/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Permitting third-party ownership of renewable and alternative generating facilities [SB-409]
[Energy ]
Permitting third-party ownership of renewable and alternative generating facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Roman W. Prezioso
Senator Plymale Requests To Be Removed As Sponsor Of Bill on 02/01/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Creating a pilot program to encourage utility infrastructure development to certain lands [HB-3092]
[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to create and implement the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl E. Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Terminating the Public Service Commission [HB-3075]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to terminate the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Vernon Criss
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2019
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Transferring jurisdiction over vehicle weight enforcement and excess weight permit issuances to the State Police [HB-3076]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to transfer the jurisdiction over the administration and enforcement of state statutes and rules relating to inspecting vehicles and loads for safety, size, weight, and vehicular weight, and the jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for excess vehicular weight from the Public Service Commission to the State Police.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Vernon Criss
Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2019