Public Service Commission
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Cable Service - Broadband Connection Requirement - Enforcement [HB-1415]
Providing that a county or municipality may establish specified penalties for failure to comply with a franchise agreement for a cable television system; requiring that a franchise agreement include a service connection requirement for wired broadband service, subject to specified conditions; providing that a specified failure to install wired broadband on request under a service connection requirement of a franchise agreement constitutes a specified breach; etc.
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Gas and Electricity - Analog Meters - Purchase and Installation [HB-1355]
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 specified standards; requiring a gas company or an electric company to install the meter or allow specified 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.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights and Required Reports [HB-1354]
Requiring a utility company to give specified written notice to specified 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 specified customer who refuses installation of a smart meter or requests removal of a smart meter; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified reports regarding smart meters; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Natural Gas Infrastructure Expansion and Reinforcement [HB-1324]
Authorizing a gas company to defer specified costs for specified projects to extend specified natural gas transmission pipeline, distribution main pipeline, system reinforcement facilities, and associated facilities; specifying the circumstances under which a specified expansion project qualifies for deferral of specified costs; specifying the manner in which a gas company is required to account for specified costs; requiring the Commission to take specified action during a specified base rate proceeding; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Manager [HB-128]
Requiring a public service company that is going to terminate electric or gas service to a customer who resides in a multifamily dwelling unit to notify the property owner or property manager of the multifamily dwelling unit before terminating service to the customer; requiring a public service company to provide the notice only to a property owner or property manager who enrolls in a specified service termination notification program; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Electric Universal Service Program - Solar Procurement Study [HB-1276]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations about the advisability of establishing a requirement for procuring a portion of the electricity supply for participants in the Electric Universal Service Program from specified solar and other carbon-free or low-carbon renewable sources; establishing the required elements of the study; requiring the Commission to report the results of the study, on or before July 1, 2017, to specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Gas and Electric Companies - Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund [HB-1144]
Establishing the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of the Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; specifying the contents of the Fund; specifying the purpose for which the Fund may be used; providing for the investment of money in and expenditures from the Fund; requiring that specified civil penalties be paid into the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Utility Supplier Diversity - Data Submission and Task Force [HB-1118]
Requiring a public service company that is a signatory of a specified memorandum of understanding to submit specified data to the Public Service Commission before the public service company establishes a new rate or change in rate; establishing the Task Force to Study Utility Supplier Diversity; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2016; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Clean Energy Jobs - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions [HB-1106]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from solar energy for specified years; altering the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 1 renewable sources for specified years; authorizing the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to receive money from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to study the workforce development training needs for the clean energy industry in the State; etc.
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Alabama Regular Session 2016
Sewer systems, community and cluster wastewater systems, regulation by Public Service Commission, Sec. 22-25B-1 am'd. [HB-171]
Sewer systems, community and cluster wastewater systems, regulation by Public Service Commission, Sec. 22-25B-1 am'd.
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Alabama Regular Session 2016
Cable television, rates subject to regulation by Public Service Commission [HB-110]
Cable television, rates subject to regulation by Public Service Commission
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Authorizing telephone public utilities provide system of centrally located cellular telephone hot spots where signals are weak or unavailable [SB-682]
Authorizing telephone public utilities provide system of centrally located cellular telephone hot spots where signals are weak or unavailable
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating generally to Public Service Commission [SB-633]
Relating generally to Public Service Commission
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to exception from jurisdiction of PSC for materials recovery facilities or mixed waste processing facilities [SB-601]
Legislative findings relating to oil and gas solid waste facility
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to pipeline safety [SB-592]
Relating to pipeline safety
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to public service districts [SB-522]
Relating to public service districts
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Exempting motor vehicles engaged in nonemergency transport of Medicaid recipients from PSC permit requirements [SB-507]
Exempting motor vehicles engaged in nonemergency transport of Medicaid recipients from PSC permit requirements
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to additional duties of Public Service Commission [SB-498]
Relating to additional duties of Public Service Commission
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way [HB-4699]
The purpose of this bill is to not allow the state to require a public service district to have a state engineer on site during the entire construction period of projects on state rights-of-way.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Enabling applicants for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer, and/or storm water project to file complete applications without incurring the expense of an engineer’s preparation [HB-4698]
The purpose of this bill is to enable applicants for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a water, sewer, and/or storm water project to file complete applications without incurring the expense of an engineer’s preparation of final engineering design materials or obtaining interests in real property related to the project, and to direct an entity that has received a certificate of convenience and necessity to pursue a rate change through the appropriate process when post-project rates have increased above the rate previously approved by
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