Public Service Commission
Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - [HB-590]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Public Health ]
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: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Telephone Companies - Distribution of Telephone Directories [HB-529]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 a customer if the telephone company elects not to deliver a print telephone directory to the customer at an address in the State; requiring a telephone company to deliver a print telephone directory to a customer at no cost to the customer under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Electricity Service Quality and Reliability Act - Safety Violations [HB-391]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor on 05/10/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Small Rural Electric Cooperative - [HB-281]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
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: Rep. Wendell R Beitzel
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Pilot Program for Charging Electric Vehicles [HB-164]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a pilot program for charging electric vehicles by June 30, 2013; authorizing an electric company to request to participate in the pilot program; requiring the pilot program to include incentives for residential, commercial, and governmental customers to recharge electric vehicles in ways that will accomplish specified goals; requiring the Commission to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the program by February 1, 2015; permitting specified additional pilot programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Y Jameson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies and Electric Cooperatives - Standard Offer Service - Service [HB-1322]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations about the advisability of conducting specified auctions relating to the right of electric companies and electric cooperatives to provide electric service to customers using standard offer service in specified service territories and the manner in which the auctions should be conducted, including specified items; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles E Barkley
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/25/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Rates - Decoupling Revenue and Sales [HB-1278]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from authorizing an electric company to calculate the rate charged by the electric company using a formula that decouples revenue from sales of electricity per kilowatt- hour unless the formula includes a specified provision related to extended service disruptions; providing for the application of a specified provision of the Act; requiring the Commission to take specified actions under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/29/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Electrical Service Restoration Plan [HB-1171]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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: Rep. Dereck Eugene Davis
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 04/06/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Long-Term Contracts - Solar Renewable Energy [HB-1123]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
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. Brian J. Feldman
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/07/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electric Company Franchise - Abandonment and Transfer [HB-1110]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to initiate a proceeding to determine whether Potomac Electric Power Company has abandoned or constructively abandoned its franchise as an electric company in the State; requiring the Commission to consider specified conditions in making a specified determination; requiring the Commission to initiate a specified proceeding if the Commission makes a specified finding; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/9 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act [HB-1054]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/3 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Electricity - Electric Vehicle Charging Program [HB-1044]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish by a specified date a demand response program for charging electric vehicles; requiring each electric company to participate in the charging program; requiring each electric company to include the charging program in its standard offer service; authorizing a competitive electricity supplier to participate in a charging program; requiring an electric company to provide specifed data to a competitive electricity supplier, subject to specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/18/2011
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Utah 2010 General Session
Utility Revisions [SB-176]
[Energy ]
Utility Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott K. Jenkins
Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Sfile on 03/11/2010
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Utah 2010 General Session
Public Utility Modifications [HB-411]
[Energy ]
Public Utility Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Anderson
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Hfile on 03/11/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Nuclear Power Transparency Act of 2010 [SB-993]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a nuclear generating facility until the person discloses specified information to the Public Service Commission in writing.
Sponsored by: Sen. E. J. Pipkin
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/22/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Service Companies - Gas and Electric Service - Alternative Payment [SB-971]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to limit the authority of a public service company to terminate gas or electric service to a residential customer in arrears under specified circumstances; requiring regulations that would require a public service company to offer customers the option of entering into a specified alternative payment agreement; requiring the Commission to specify the circumstances under which specified restrictions and agreements may be required; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Customer Education on Customer Choice [SB-942]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an electric company that provides standard offer service to include specified information in a specified manner and at specified intervals about electricity supply options available to a customer; requiring the Commission to educate consumers about customer choice in accordance with a provision of law; requiring the Commission to host a section on its website related to customer choice; requiring the website to include specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/30/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Comprehensive Energy Plan [SB-910]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Department of Planning to submit a specified interim report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date; requiring the Department to submit a specified Comprehensive Energy Plan to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a specified date; requiring the Department to solicit and consider input from specified parties in developing the Plan; requiring the Plan to contain specified information and make a specified recommendation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Electricity Market - Goal of the State - Best Possible Price for Ratepayers [SB-807]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that, on and after July 1, 2010, 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, 2010; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/30/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Account Information [SB-799]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an electric company, a gas company, or an electric and gas company, on written request by an electricity supplier or a gas supplier licensed by the State, to provide specified information related to specified customer accounts to the electricity supplier or gas supplier, subject to a specified restriction; requiring an electric company, a gas company, or an electric and gas company to provide the information in electronic form and to update it periodically; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/30/2010