Public Service Commission
West Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Requiring greater information to be submitted by the Public Service Commission annually regarding the quality of service provided by utilities and persons subject to its jurisdiction [HB-2799]
The purpose of this bill is to require greater information to be submitted by the Public Service Commission annually regarding the quality of service provided by utilities and persons subject to its jurisdiction, and to require incumbent local exchange carriers to achieve certain levels of advanced services availability within the state by July 1, 2014.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brent Boggs
Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act [SB-861]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, by regulation or order, to require specified electric companies to enter into specified long-term power purchase agreements with specified offshore wind generators; making the Commission responsible for approving specified contracts; authorizing a nonbypassable charge or other mechanism for recovery of specified costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Re-referred Finance on 02/18/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Extended Service Disruptions - Penalties and Ratepayer [SB-804]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to require, by regulation or order, an electric company to compensate a ratepayer for specified damages resulting from an extended disruption to electrical service, including specified expenses; authorizing the Commission to impose a specified penalty on an electric company if the Commission makes a specified determination; and prohibiting specified costs and penalties from being passed on to ratepayers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jamin Raskin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/28/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Electrical Service Restoration Plan [SB-749]
Requiring, on or before July 1 each year, an electric company to submit an electrical service restoration plan to the Public Service Commission for a specified purpose; requiring the plan to address specified matters; requiring the Commission to review the plan and take specified actions; requiring, on or before a December 1 each year, the Commission to issue final approval of the plan; and requiring the Commission to use all powers and authority to enforce the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/31/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electric Companies - Long-Range Plans [SB-734]
Requiring an electric company to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission a specified long-range plan regarding the electric company's electricity needs; requiring the Commission to evaluate plans regarding generating needs and the means to meet those needs; requiring the Commission to issue specified orders upon completion of specified evaluations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Telephone Companies - Distribution of Telephone Directories [SB-718]
Providing that a telephone company may not be required to distribute a specified telephone directory to an address in the State unless the property owner or an occupant requests the directory; requiring a telephone company to provide notice to customers if the telephone company elects not to deliver a telephone directory to each customer; and requiring a telephone company to deliver a print telephone directory to a customer at no cost to the customer under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Garagiola
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Long-Term Contracts - Solar Renewable Energy [SB-715]
Authorizing the Public Service Commission, by regulation or order, to require or allow the procurement of solar renewable energy credits under long-term contracts as part of a specified competitive process; requiring the Commission to consider specified factors in determining a specified requirement to procure solar renewable energy credits; and providing an exception to a requirement that the duration of a specified contract term may not be less than a specified number of years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/31/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Residential Customer Account Information [SB-704]
Requiring an electric company, a gas company, or an electric and gas company, on request by a competitive supplier of electricity or gas, to provide specified information related to customer accounts to the supplier, subject to specified restrictions; requiring the distribution utility to provide the information in a specified form and to update it periodically; prohibiting a distribution utility from providing specified information without the prior authorization of a customer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Third Reading Failed (13-32) on 03/26/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Electricity Service Quality and Reliability Act - Safety Violations [SB-692]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations on or before July 1, 2012, that implement specified service quality and reliability standards relating to the delivery of electricity to retail customers by electric companies through their distribution systems; requiring regulations to include service quality and reliability standards, account for major outages, and require an electric company to file a corrective action plan if it fails to meet service quality and reliability standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - [SB-691]
Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to beginning construction in the State of a qualified generator lead line; prohibiting a person from applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for specified construction; requiring the Public Service Commission to provide an opportunity for public comment and hold a public hearing on a specified application; requiring the Commission to take a final action on an application only under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Small Rural Electric Cooperative - [SB-67]
Specifying that a provision of law relating to the use of proceeds received by the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and credited to a specified account does not apply to residential customers of a small rural electric cooperative; and requiring small rural electric cooperatives to distribute in a specified way money held as of June 1, 2011, in a specified escrow account.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Surcharge - Retail Electric Customers [SB-648]
Establishing a specified renewable energy surcharge on electricity consumption by retail electric customers; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish the amounts of the surcharge and a specified rebate; requiring electric companies to collect the surcharge and provide a specified rebate; requiring the Comptroller to collect the revenue from the surcharge and place it in the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Telephone Companies - Line Assessment [SB-619]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to require a telephone company to conduct an assessment of specified lines at specified intervals for specified purposes; requiring specified telephone companies to submit a specified report containing specified information to the Commission by a specified deadline; requiring the Commission, by order or regulation, to establish a specified reporting deadline and specified information required in the report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/11/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electricity Market - Goal of the State - Best Possible Price for Ratepayers [SB-521]
Providing that, on and after July 1, 2011, the goal of the State is to return as soon as possible to a regulated electricity market for specified customer classes that results in a reliable electricity system at the best possible price for those ratepayers; providing that the purpose of a specified statute that establishes customer choice, competitive retail electricity markets, and deregulation of generation of electricity remains in effect only until the end of June 30, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Nuclear Power Transparency Act of 2011 [SB-460]
Prohibiting a person from operating a nuclear generating facility in the State until the person discloses specified information to the Public Service Commission in writing.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electric and Gas Consumers [SB-459]
Providing that the primary objective of the Public Service Commission is to obtain the lowest rates for consumers when setting a just and reasonable rate of an electric company or gas company; providing that the primary purpose of the Commission when carrying out specified functions relating to natural gas suppliers is to obtain the best price for gas consumers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electricity - Net Energy Metering [SB-380]
Altering the period during which an eligible customer-generator may accrue specified net excess generation; requiring a specified electric company to carry forward net excess generation until a specified consumption eliminates the net excess generation or specified accrual period expires; altering how the dollar value of a specified net excess generation is calculated; repealing a requirement that specified generation credit appear on the eligible customer- generator's bill in a dollar amount; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Gas Companies and Electric Companies - Service Quality and Reliability [SB-341]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish specified service quality and reliability standards for gas companies and electric companies; providing for the application of regulations adopted under the Act; requiring the standards to include specified benchmarks; requiring the Commission to use specified national standards to the extent feasible; authorizing the Commission to require gas companies and electric companies to supply specified data for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/28/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Gas Companies - Infrastructure Replacement - Surcharge [SB-332]
Authorizing a gas company to file a specified plan with the Public Service Commission to recover specified costs associated with specified gas infrastructure replacement projects through a surcharge on customers' bills; stating the intent of the General Assembly; requiring a plan to include specified elements; prohibiting a specified schedule for the recovery of specified costs from including a monthly surcharge that exceeds specified amounts for residential and nonresidential retail gas customers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/31/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Utility Companies - Generating Stations - Wind [SB-314]
Repealing a provision that exempts a specified person from having to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a generating station that produces electricity from wind under specified circumstances; repealing a provision that requires a person to obtain approval from the Public Service Commission prior to any construction of a generating station that produces electricity from wind under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
First Reading Finance on 02/02/2011