Utilities
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Low-Income and Middle-Income Housing - Energy Performance Targets [SB-740]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission, for the 2021-2023 program cycle, by regulation or order, to the extent that the Commission determines that low-income programs are available, to require the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve a target annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 1% per year starting in 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2020
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Gettr Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment for Multifamily Units Act [SB-734]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain provisions of a recorded covenant or restriction, a declaration, or the bylaws or rules of a condominium or homeowners association are void and unenforceable if they prohibit or unreasonably restrict the installation or use of electric vehicle recharging equipment; requiring certain owners of electric vehicle recharging equipment to be responsible for certain costs and disclosures; requiring a unit owner or lot owner to obtain certain permits or approval; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/25 At 12:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/06/2020
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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 Feldman
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Alabama Regular Session 2020
Water utility, nonprofit corps., rates approved by Public Service Commission, audit by Dept. of Examiners of Public Accounts [SB-84]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Water utility, nonprofit corps., rates approved by Public Service Commission, audit by Dept. of Examiners of Public Accounts
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Jones
Read For The Second Time And Placed On The Calendar 1 Amendment on 03/03/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Public Utility Regulation Fund - Cap [SB-676]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing, from 0.17% to 0.25%, the maximum that may be charged to certain public service companies for a State fiscal year to reimburse the Public Service Commission for certain costs and expenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 55 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Residential Electricity and Gas Supply Billing Information - Reports [SB-686]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain persons to submit to the Public Service Commission beginning July 1, 2021, monthly reports containing detailed billing information on the supply of electricity and gas to certain residential customers; requiring certain initial reports to include information from the previous 12 months; providing for the required contents of each report; requiring certain information to be organized by low-income customers and all other customers; requiring the Commission to make each report available to certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Billing Information [HB-886]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an electric company to provide to a retail electricity customer on request the historic usage and billing information for not less than the preceding 12 months; and providing that the electric company must make the information available in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Underground Facilities - Time-Sensitive Ticket [HB-861]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring an owner-member whose underground facility provides broadband service to mark the location of the underground facility within 4 hours after a time-sensitive ticket is transferred to the owner-member; and defining "time-sensitive ticket" as a ticket that the person initiating a ticket request identifies as requiring an owner-member to mark its underground facility promptly in order to minimize damage to property; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 02/25/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Utilities - Surviving Spouse of Account Holder - Protections [SB-628]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain utility, on presentation of certain documents and without requiring certain information or imposing a fee or penalty, to temporarily keep a certain account open for a certain period of time or transfer a certain account to a surviving spouse under certain circumstances; and authorizing a certain utility to impose a fee or penalty or terminate an account for nonpayment under certain circumstances or close a certain account under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 570 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity Suppliers and Gas Suppliers - Consumer Protections [SB-681]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Office of People's Counsel to investigate and request certain documents from an electricity supplier or a gas supplier under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of People's Counsel to have a reasonable basis before initiating a certain investigation; requiring an electricity supplier or a gas supplier to provide certain written responses and documents to the Office of People's Counsel under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Energy Suppliers - Assisted Customers [SB-685]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, with a certain exception, a retail electricity or natural gas supplier from knowingly enrolling a certain residential customer with or submitting an enrollment to change the customer's electricity supplier to a competitive supplier if the customer had received certain financial assistance in the preceding 12 months; requiring an electric company to confirm certain matters in its records at a certain time; requiring an electric company to verify a customer's status at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2020
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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 Eckardt
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Utility Regulation - Consideration of Climate and Labor [SB-656]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Secretary of the Environment to prepare a certain recommendation in connection with certain issues considered by the Public Service Commission; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to incorporate an evaluation of the impact of certain electric power plants on climate change into the Power Plant Research Program; requiring the Commission to consider the maintenance of fair and stable labor standards and the protection of the global climate in supervising and regulating certain public service companies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Economic Matters Environment And Transportation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Bay Restoration Fund - Allocation of Fees, Authorized Uses, and County Authority to Incur Indebtedness [SB-671]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Comptroller to set aside and deposit into a certain separate account in the Bay Restoration Fund $25,000,000 from certain Bay Restoration Fees in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter; authorizing the use of certain funds in a certain separate account for all costs associated with the installation of a certain new on-site sewage disposal system or the repair or replacement of a failing on-site sewage disposal system with a certain new system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Electricity and Gas Suppliers - Training and Educational Program [SB-603]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to develop a training and educational program for certain licensed energy suppliers; requiring the Commission to develop the program in consultation with interested stakeholders, including electricity suppliers and gas suppliers; requiring designated representatives to demonstrate a thorough understanding of certain Commission regulations; requiring the Commission to conduct an examination at the conclusion of training and provide certification on a satisfactory score; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 374 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Frederick County - Solar Energy - Municipal Electric Utilities [SB-559]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Altering to 2.5% the percentage of the renewable energy portfolio standard that must be derived from solar energy for a municipal electric utility in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State-Funded Construction and Major Renovation Projects - Solar Panels - Requirement [SB-592]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
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: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act) [HB-744]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring a landlord to make a certain disclosure to prospective tenants if the landlord uses a ratio utility billing system; requiring that a certain lease provision is unenforceable if a landlord fails to make a certain disclosure; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with information to document a bill for certain utilities; providing that a tenant organization has the right of free assembly in certain areas within an apartment facility during reasonable hours and on reasonable notice to the landlord; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/16/2020
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South Dakota 2020 Regular Session
Require certain infrastructure standards in certain annexed areas. [HB-1180]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Require certain infrastructure standards in certain annexed areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Reed
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/24/2020
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South Dakota 2020 Regular Session
Revise civil liability for riot and incitement to riot. [HB-1199]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Revise civil liability for riot and incitement to riot.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jordan Youngberg
Signed By The Governor On March 26, 2020 H.j. 629 on 03/30/2020