Solar Energy

State (Maine)
Maine 125th Legislature

An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing for Solar Energy Users [HB-183] [Energy ]
An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing for Solar Energy Users

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Louis Joseph Luchini (s) Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 03/01/2011

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State (Maine)
Maine 125th Legislature

An Act To Encourage the Creation of Jobs through Development of Maine's Solar Industry [HB-1527] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
An Act To Encourage the Creation of Jobs through Development of Maine's Solar Industry

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diane M. Russell (s) Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/10/2011

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State (Maine)
Maine 125th Legislature

An Act To Support Solar Energy Development in Maine [HB-1323] [Energy ] [Environmental ]
An Act To Support Solar Energy Development in Maine

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick S. Flood (s) Reports Read On Motion By Senator Thibodeau Of Waldo Majority Ought Not To Pass Report Accepted, In Concurrence. on 05/17/2011

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State (Maine)
Maine 124th Legislature

An Act To Protect the Right To Use Solar Energy [HB-73] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Consumer Protection ]
An Act To Protect the Right To Use Solar Energy

Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Austin (h) Passed To Be Enacted. on 06/03/2009

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State (Maine)
Maine 124th Legislature

An Act Regarding Installation of Solar Energy Systems under the Solar and Wind Energy Rebate Program [SB-396] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ]
An Act Regarding Installation of Solar Energy Systems under the Solar and Wind Energy Rebate Program

Sponsored by: Sen. John M. Nutting (s) Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 03/12/2009

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State (Maine)
Maine 124th Legislature

Resolve, To Review Certification Requirements for Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Systems [HB-1556] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Construction ]
Resolve, To Review Certification Requirements for Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Allan Berry (s) Finally Passed - Emergency 2/3 Elected Required In Concurrence on 02/25/2010

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State (Maine)
Maine 124th Legislature

An Act To Provide Affordable Installation of Alternative Energy Systems [HB-1095] [Energy ] [Housing ] [Climate Change ] [Economic Development ]
An Act To Provide Affordable Installation of Alternative Energy Systems

Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Allan Berry (s) Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 04/16/2009

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Baltimore City - Solar Panels on Commercial and Residential Structures - Prohibition on Limitation [HB-1472] [Energy ] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ]
Prohibiting the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City from limiting the installation of solar panels on the roofs of commercial or residential structures.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/11/2020

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State (Maryland)
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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State (Maryland)
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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State (Maryland)
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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State (Maryland)
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

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Property Tax - Solar Energy Systems [HB-1106] [Property Tax ] [Energy ] [Taxes ]
Establishing certain solar energy property as a subclass of personal property; providing that the county tax rate applicable to certain solar energy property may be a different rate from the county tax rate applicable to other personal property, subject to a certain limitation; exempting personal property that is a certain community solar energy generating system from a county or municipal corporation property tax; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope [HB-1029] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Climate Change ]
Altering the scope of apprenticeship and training programs that may receive certain support through the Clean Energy Workforce Account from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund for clean energy industry development; providing that $750,000 in funds from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, be designated for the recruitment of individuals, including veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, to the pre-apprenticeship jobs training programs and registered apprenticeship jobs training programs beginning in fiscal 2021; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 409 on 05/08/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Property Tax - Solar Energy Systems [SB-954] [Property Tax ] [Energy ] [Taxes ]
Establishing certain solar energy property as a subclass of personal property; providing that the county tax rate applicable to certain solar energy property may be a different rate from the county tax rate applicable to other personal property, subject to a certain limitation; exempting personal property that is a certain community solar energy generating system from a county or municipal corporation property tax; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman Hearing 2/18 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act [SB-926] [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 Workgroup; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [SB-890] [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: Sen. Stephen S Hershey Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Economic Development - Advanced Clean Energy and Clean Energy Innovation Investments and Initiatives [SB-739] [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: Sen. Brian J. Feldman Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/13/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Electric Facilities - Study and Procedures [SB-741] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to require the Department of Natural Resources, within 60 days of the filing of a certain application with the Public Service Commission, to complete an independent environmental and socioeconomic project assessment report and any other additional required study; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Secretary of the Environment to forward certain information to the Public Service Commission in accordance with a certain procedural schedule adopted by the Commission; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Municipal Electric Utilities [SB-677] [Energy ] [Environmental ]
Setting the renewable energy portfolio standard for municipal electric utilities for 2020 and later.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide C Eckardt Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020

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