Public Service Commission
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Utility Service Protection Program - Annual Report - Deadline [SB-14]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering from June 1 to September 1 the date by which the Public Service Commission must report each year to the General Assembly on terminations of gas or electric service occurring during the previous heating season.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 8 on 04/09/2013
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Evaluation of the Application of Minority Business Enterprise Program by the Public Service Commission [SB-1063]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, and the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to evaluate the feasibility and constitutionality of requiring the Commission to apply the provisions of a specified minority business enterprise program when exercising specified authority; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel J McFadden
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Membership [HB-975]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Public Service Commission; establishing a specified eligibility requirement for specified commissioners; providing that the Chairman shall serve at large; requiring the Governor to appoint four new commissioners; and providing that members of the Commission as of June 30, 2013, shall continue to serve the terms to which they were appointed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Pipeline Safety and Community Protection Act [HB-953]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Rate Regulation - Infrastructure Replacement Surcharge [HB-89]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
First Reading Finance on 02/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Hearings and Proceedings - Video and Audio Recordings [HB-825]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to make available on its Web site video and audio streaming of specified hearings and proceedings; and requiring the Commission to maintain specified video and audio recordings on its Web site for at least 2 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations Withdrawn on 02/26/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Utility Service Protection Program - Annual Report - Deadline [HB-75]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering from June 1 to September 1 the date by which the Public Service Commission must report each year to the General Assembly on terminations of gas or electric service occurring during the previous heating season.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment and Public Utilities - Notice to Neighboring Jurisdictions of Applications [HB-554]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 501 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Funding Extension [HB-385]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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; and extending to fiscal year 2020 the termination date of a surcharge on electrical energy distributed to retail electric customers in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 435 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Rate Adjustment or Fees to Recover Profits Lost During Service Disruption - Prohibition [HB-29]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from authorizing an electric company to adjust the electric company's rates or impose any fee to recover profits lost during a disruption in electrical service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathleen A. Vitale
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 [HB-226]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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 limits; defining "offshore wind renewable energy credit"; establishing an application process for proposed offshore wind energy projects; establishing the Clean Energy Technical Education Program Task Force; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Disparity Study - Contracts and Subcontracts [HB-1509]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to contract with an independent consultant to complete a specified disparity study; requiring the Commission to submit the results of the study to specified entities on or before December 31, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2014.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather R Mizeur
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Geothermal Heating and Cooling On-Bill Financing - Pilot Program [HB-1428]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, a pilot program for geothermal heating and cooling on-bill financing; establishing the purpose of the program; requiring the Commission and the Administration to make specified determinations in designing the program; requiring the Commission to convene a specified technical workgroup to monitor the program and make specified recommendations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Telephone Service - Charges for Directory Assistance [HB-124]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that specified residential customers are entitled to only a specified number of 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 186 on 05/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Utility Companies - Removal of Lines from Utility Poles [HB-1238]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gas Pipelines - Emergency Response Planning [HB-1224]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Photovoltaic Systems [HB-1187]
[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 specified deposit to the Public Service Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Street Lighting - Purchase of Equipment by Local Government and Tariffs [HB-1177]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring a local government to pay a specified electric company the fair market value of specified street lighting equipment as determined by an agreement between the local government and the electric company or as determined in a condemnation proceeding under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government to include all street lighting equipment that the local government seeks to acquire in its jurisdiction owned by one electric company in a single petition of condemnation under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfred C Carr
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Small Business Energy Assistance Act [HB-1173]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission to establish a Small Commercial Energy Efficiency On-Bill Financing Program; specifying the purpose of the Program; authorizing the Commission to require a utility company to participate in the Program; authorizing customers to obtain a loan for an energy efficiency upgrade under specified circumstances; requiring the Commission to establish standards for a qualifying energy efficiency upgrade and eligibility requirements for customers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Third Reading Passed (98-40) on 04/04/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Service Restoration - Special Medical Needs Facilities [HB-1159]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a requirement that the Public Service Commission, on or before September 1 of each year, determine whether specified electric companies have met specified service quality and reliability standards; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and distribute to each electric company a list of specified special medical needs facilities, including the licensed capacity of each facility, by January 1 of each year and post the list on the Department's Web site; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/16/2013