Renewable Energy Sources
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [SB-90]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to set a date by which the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the Environment must submit certain materials with regard to a certain proceeding for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; requiring the departments to submit the materials before the date set by the Commission unless waived by the Commission; authorizing the office of planning and zoning for certain counties or municipal corporations to submit a certain report to the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency [SB-319]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Expanding the purpose of a certain clean energy loan program to include loans for water efficiency projects, environmental remediation projects intended to remove environmental or health hazards, and resiliency projects to increase the capacity of a property to withstand the effects of climate change; adding water efficiency projects, environmental remediation, resiliency projects, and grid resiliency projects to the list of items that require eligibility requirements under a certain ordinance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth
Third Reading Passed (108-28) on 04/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources [HB-332]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the renewable energy portfolio standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a "Tier 1 renewable source"; providing that existing obligations or contract rights may not be impaired by the Act; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Hydroelectric Power [SB-316]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Extending indefinitely the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 2 renewable sources; repealing the limit on the period of time during which energy from a Tier 2 renewable source is eligible for inclusion in meeting the renewable energy portfolio standard; applying the Act to all renewable portfolio standard compliance years that begin on or after January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Local Government – Clean Energy Loan Programs – Grid Resilience Projects [SB-54]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the purpose of a certain clean energy loan program established by a county or municipality to include loans to certain residential and commercial property owners to finance grid resilience projects when installed with energy efficiency projects or renewable energy projects; and requiring a certain ordinance or resolution that establishes a certain clean energy loan program to include certain eligibility requirements for certain grid resilience projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Capital Projects – High Performance and Green Buildings – Alterations
(Green Building Restoration Act) [HB-1636]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the application of certain high performance building requirements to apply to capital projects for which more than 50% of the funding for the acquisition, construction, or renovation of the project is from State funds; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to ensure that State buildings, public schools, and community colleges that are required to meet certain high performance building requirements meet those requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order [SJR-6]
[Energy ]
Urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reverse its Order in the PJM Reliability Pricing Model Capacity dockets.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Hydroelectric Power [SB-1032]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Altering from 30 to 60 megawatts the capacity of certain hydroelectric power plants in the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source for the renewable energy portfolio standard; and extending the renewable energy portfolio standard percentage derived from Tier 2 renewable sources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State-Funded Construction and Major Renovation Projects - Solar Panels - Requirement [HB-1370]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the State, for certain construction projects and major renovation projects proposed after December 31, 2020, to require that the project be designed, engineered, and constructed in a manner that allows the roof to withstand the weight of solar panels; requiring certain construction projects and major renovation projects to include the placement of the maximum number of solar panels for which the project was designed; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to provide certain recommendations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act [HB-1543]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of the Environment to administer certain schedules of greenhouse gas pollution fees; requiring the Secretary to delegate certain collection and benefit functions to the Comptroller; requiring the Comptroller to carry out certain functions; requiring the collection of a certain greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) And Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean Cars Act of 2020 [HB-1223]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Extending and altering, for certain fiscal years, the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles; increasing, for certain fiscal years, the total amount of rebates that the Maryland Energy Administration may issue; altering from a plug-in electric drive to a certain zero-emission electric vehicle, the type of vehicle that is eligible for the electric vehicle excise tax credit; increasing the total amount of certain credits for certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [HB-1349]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Troy Adams
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
School Bus Purchasing – Zero–Emission Vehicle – Requirement [HB-1451]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on October 1, 2023, that each school bus purchased by a county board of education be a zero-emission vehicle; requiring, beginning on October 1, 2026, that each school bus purchased by a certain person for use under a certain contract with a county board be a zero-emission vehicle; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities [HB-1392]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Setting the renewable energy portfolio standard for municipal electric utilities for 2020 and later.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Referred Finance on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Vehicle Fleet - Conversion to Zero-Emission Electric Vehicles [HB-1233]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2022, a State unit from entering into a contract to purchase or lease a vehicle for the State vehicle fleet that is not a zero-emission electric vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets (Clean Buildings Jobs Act of 2020) [HB-1490]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Building Codes Administration and the Maryland Energy Administration, to adopt regulations on monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from certain buildings on or before a certain date; requiring the owners of certain buildings to monitor certain greenhouse gas emissions beginning on certain dates and to make certain reports on or before certain dates in certain years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Transportation - Magnetic Levitation Projects - Requirements [HB-1238]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting the construction of a certain transportation project involving a magnetic levitation propulsion system without a certain informed consent of a majority of the governing bodies of the affected counties; requiring a project owner to provide to each governing body of an affected county a bond that is subject to certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [HB-1425]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
Increasing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that the State must achieve by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a final plan that reduces statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 and sets the State on a path toward achieving net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, on or before December 31, 2020; establishing the Climate Jobs Working Group; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commercial Motor Vehicles - Inspections [HB-1505]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Altering the mileage at which the owner of a Class F (tractor) vehicle that has been in operation for not more than 5 years is required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 35,000 miles; and altering the mileage at which the owner of certain Class E vehicles that have been in operation for not more than 5 years are required to have the vehicle inspected, maintained, and repaired to 50,000 miles, if the vehicles are zero-emission electric vehicles or fuel cell electric vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives [HB-1426]
[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering references to the term "clean energy" to be "advanced clean energy" for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the Maryland Clean Energy Center and the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute; altering certain findings of the General Assembly, the purposes of certain provisions of law concerning the development of clean energy industries in the State, and the purposes, powers, and duties of the Center and Institute to include certain actions supporting clean energy innovation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020