Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Repeal of Solar Energy Requirement [SB-974]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
Repealing the requirement that an electricity supplier's renewable energy portfolio include a specified percent of solar energy in specified years; repealing specified compliance fees for a shortfall from solar energy requirements under the renewable energy portfolio standard; altering the responsibilities of a specified individual designated by the Public Service Commission; and repealing a requirement that specified compliance fees be accounted for and used in a specified manner.
SB-974: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Repeal of Solar Energy Requirement
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2013
Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act [SB-907]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to act under a specified certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an interstate authority agent for the purpose of implementing specified federal pipeline safety laws; requiring a gas transmission company to respond to a report of specified gas leaks in a specified manner; prohibiting a person from beginning construction in the State on a gas pipeline without first obtaining a specified construction permit; etc.
SB-907: Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Public Utilities - Solar Photovoltaic Systems [SB-887]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a person to file a specified application for approval to construct a specified generating station at least a specified time before construction commences; requiring a person who constructs a specified generating station to pay a deposit to the Public Service Commission; requiring the Commission to place specified deposits in escrow accounts; etc.
SB-887: Public Utilities - Solar Photovoltaic Systems
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 572 on 05/16/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Gas Leak Response [SB-864]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to classify specified gas leaks and to require specified gas transmission companies to remediate and monitor those leaks in a specified manner; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to establish a specified penalty; requiring a gas transmission company to respond to a report of specified gas leaks in a specified manner; requiring a gas transmission company to receive and investigate reports of suspected leaks within a specified time frame; etc.
SB-864: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Gas Leak Response
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Implementation of Federal Pipeline Safety Laws [SB-863]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to evaluate a specified process and criteria that the U. S. Secretary of Transportation would use to review an application for the Commission to act under a specified certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an interstate authority agent for the purpose of implementing specified federal pipeline safety laws; requiring the Commission to make a specified determination; etc.
SB-863: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Implementation of Federal Pipeline Safety Laws
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/16/2013
Utility Companies - Removal of Lines from Utility Poles [SB-853]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring specified electric companies and telephone companies to coordinate with specified companies the timing of the removal of specified lines so that specified lines are removed within a specified period of time; authorizing the Public Service Commission to adopt specified regulations or issue specified orders; etc.
SB-853: Utility Companies - Removal of Lines from Utility Poles
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge [SB-8]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Allowing a gas company to recover costs associated with infrastructure replacement projects through a gas infrastructure replacement surcharge on customer bills; requiring project cost calculations to include specified elements; specifying how the pretax rate of return is calculated and adjusted and what it includes; stating that the intent of the General Assembly is to accelerate infrastructure improvements by establishing a mechanism for gas companies to recover reasonable and prudent costs of infrastructure replacement; etc.
SB-8: Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 161 on 05/02/2013
Thermal Energy - Task Force and Regulations [SB-797]
[Energy ]
Establishing the Maryland Thermal Renewable Energy Credit Task Force; requiring the Task Force to analyze how to restructure the renewable energy portfolio standard to incorporate specified thermal energy sources; requiring the Task Force to make specified determinations and consider the impact of specified changes; requiring the Task Force to report findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013; etc.
SB-797: Thermal Energy - Task Force and Regulations
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/02/2013
Electricity - Community Energy-Generating Facilities - Pilot Program [SB-699]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a pilot program on community energy-generating facilities under the authority of the Public Service Commission; requiring the Commission to adhere to specified guidelines in conducting the pilot program; authorizing the Commission to assess an administrative fee; stating the effectiveness of contracts entered into during the pilot program; prohibiting the Commission or an electric company from changing the terms of a contract entered into during the pilot program; etc.
SB-699: Electricity - Community Energy-Generating Facilities - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/27/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Emergency Response Planning [SB-605]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), in consultation with specified persons, to establish emergency response standards for specified gas transmission companies; requiring a gas transmission company to submit to MEMA an emergency response plan that meets specified minimum federal standards; requiring MEMA to review the emergency response plan of a gas transmission company and to require amendments or updates as needed to protect public safety; etc.
SB-605: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Emergency Response Planning
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Safety Reporting Requirements [SB-603]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring a gas transmission company to submit a specified report on the state of its gas pipelines to the Public Service Commission and to an owner of real property on which the gas pipeline is located or adjacent to or contiguous to real property on which the gas pipeline is located; requiring a report under the Act to include specified information; requiring the Commission to make specified reports available to the public, including by publication on the Commission Web site; etc.
SB-603: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Safety Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Best Available Technology Requirement [SB-602]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations that establish safety standards and practices applicable to the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of gas pipelines; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations that require a gas transmission company to use best available technology to monitor the condition and safety of gas pipelines; requiring the Commission to adopt specified federal safety regulations as minimum standards for regulations adopted under the Act; etc.
SB-602: Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Best Available Technology Requirement
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/25/2013
Environment and Public Utilities - Notice to Neighboring Jurisdictions of Applications [SB-563]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on receipt of a specified permit application, to give notice immediately or require the applicant to give notice immediately by certified mail to specified counties and municipal corporations and to specified members of the General Assembly; requiring an applicant for a specified incinerator or landfill system to give notice of the application, informational meeting, and hearings to specified counties and municipal corporations and to members of the General Assembly; etc.
SB-563: Environment and Public Utilities - Notice to Neighboring Jurisdictions of Applications
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 500 on 05/16/2013
Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 [SB-275]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the Maryland renewable energy portfolio standard program to include a specified amount of energy derived from offshore wind energy; prohibiting the portion of the renewable energy portfolio that represents offshore wind energy from applying to retail electricity sales by a supplier in excess of specified amounts of specified loads; defining "offshore wind renewable energy credit" for specified purposes; establishing an application process for specified proposed offshore wind energy projects; etc.
SB-275: Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2013
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Funding Extension [SB-27]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Program each fiscal year; extending the termination date of a specified surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State; etc.
SB-27: Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Funding Extension
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/16/2013
Public Utilities - Telephone Service - Charges for Directory Assistance [SB-142]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that specified residential customers are entitled to only two directory assistance calls each month without charge; requiring the Public Service Commission to approve other charges for directory assistance, subject to an exception; and repealing a provision that authorizes the Commission to establish additional exemptions from directory assistance charges.
SB-142: Public Utilities - Telephone Service - Charges for Directory Assistance
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 185 on 05/02/2013